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CVE-2009-3866

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
05/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id 6872824.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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