CVE-2007-5236
N/A
Published: October 6, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorJREJDKSDK
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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