CVE-2008-5340

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted JWS applications to gain privileges to access local files or applications via unknown vectors, aka 6727081.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 5, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5340: Critical severity, CVSS 10.0 | Vulnix