CVE-2008-3109
Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows 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
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3099)
- Published
- July 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3099 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31010(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31600
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238687-1(Patch)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-509.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1045.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30144
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020456
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43660
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8540
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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