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CVE-2007-5236 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 CVE
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
sun jdk
1.5.0 update1
1.5.0 update10
1.5.0 update11
1.5.0 update12
1.5.0 update2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sun jre
1.4.2
1.4.2_1
1.4.2_2
1.4.2_3
1.4.2_4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sun sdk
1.4.2_03
1.4.2_08
1.4.2_09
1.4.2_10
1.4.2_11

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5236
NVD Published Date:
Oct 6, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]