CVE-2007-5238

LowCVSS 2.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 6, 2007
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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