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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5237 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

Description

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."


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 7.1 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/08/2007)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Sun JDK as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 CVE, MITRE
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1 CVE, MITRE Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5899 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:37:26 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272


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


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


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780


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


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


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


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


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


Added Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920


Added Reference
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770


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


Added Reference
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895


Added Reference
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609


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


Added Reference
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946


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


CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:48:16 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/28/2017 9:29:31 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5899 [No Types Assigned]


Removed Reference
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5899 [No Types Assigned]


CVE Modified by MITRE 7/28/2017 9:33:28 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946 [No Types Assigned]


Removed Reference
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36946 [No Types Assigned]


Initial CVE Analysis 10/08/2007 2:45:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5237
NVD Published Date:
10/05/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE

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