PT-2008-6477 · Sun+2 · Java Runtime Environment+4
Sami Koivu
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Published
2008-12-05
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Updated
2018-10-11
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CVE-2008-5353
CVSS v2.0
10
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 10 and earlier
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier
SDK and JRE 1.4.2 18 and earlier
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context. This is demonstrated by deserializing Calendar objects, which can lead to untrusted applets and applications gaining privileges via unknown vectors related to deserializing calendar objects.
Recommendations
For Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 10 and earlier, update to a version later than Update 10.
For JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, update to a version later than Update 16.
For SDK and JRE 1.4.2 18 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.4.2 18.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Hp-Ux
Jdk
Java Platform
Java Runtime Environment
Sdk