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CVE-2008-0657 Details

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow 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.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28795	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28888	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11505	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231261-1	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0123.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27650	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019308	CVE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0429	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references	CVE
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28795	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28888	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11505	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231261-1	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0123.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27650	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019308	[email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0429	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references	[email protected]

see all 52 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sun jre	<= 1.5.0 <= 1.6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre::update13::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre::update1::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
sun jdk	<= 5.0_update13
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 8, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]