CVE-2008-4910

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs on a client machine via a file:// URL argument to the showDocument method.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Nov 4, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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