CVE-2008-0657
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0667)
- Published
- February 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0667 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / jdk
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
References
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28795(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28888
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29841
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231261-1
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0123.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27650
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019308
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0429
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11505
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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