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7.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Sun SDKJDK and JRE up to 6u10 (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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 remote attackers to make unauthorized network connections and hijack HTTP sessions via a crafted file that validates as both a GIF and a Java JAR file, aka "GIFAR" and CR 6707535.
The bug was discovered 12/03/2008. The weakness was presented 12/03/2008 by Billy Rios with Microsoft (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5343 since 12/04/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42834 (GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185080 (HP-UX Running Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02411)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47056) and Tenable (42834). See 3956, 43143, 43142 and 43141 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 42834
Nessus Name: GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 835195
OpenVAS Name: HP-UX Update for NFS/ONCplus HPSBUX02375
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Billy Rios
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5343 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47056
Vulnerability Center: 20272 - Sun JRE and JDK Java Web Start Remote Session Hijacking Attack Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32892 - Sun Java Web Start and Java Plug-in JAR File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 34233 - HP-UX update for JRE / JDK, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50512 - Sun Java JDK / JRE Jave Web Start / Plug-in HTTP Session Hijacking
Vupen: ADV-2008-3339
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/22/2019 11:48
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (90), 08/22/2019 11:48 (3)
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