CVE-2009-2672
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD
The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, does not prevent access to browser cookies by untrusted (1) applets and (2) Java Web Start applications, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.
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
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2665)
- Published
- August 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2665 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html#150_20
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36176
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37300
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263409-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35943
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022659
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52337
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7723
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9359
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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