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CVE-2007-5237

Date: October 5, 2007

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local files via an untrusted application, aka "two vulnerabilities."

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27693

Url: http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29042

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27261

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30676

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5237

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29858

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references

Url: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5899

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5237

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2007-5237

Date: October 5, 2007

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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