Sun JDK 1.5.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun JDK 1.5.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-4381. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun JDK 1.5.0 (Programming Tool Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.

The bug was discovered 08/15/2007. The weakness was published 08/17/2007 by John Heasman with NGSSoftware (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-4381 since 08/17/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32050 (SuSE 10 Security Update : IBM Java 1.5.0 (ZYPP Patch Number 5183)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165686 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update IBM Java (SUSE-SA:2008:025)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 9 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36061), Exploit-DB (30502), Tenable (32050), SecurityFocus (BID 25340†) and OSVDB (37766†). Similar entries are available at VDB-37924, VDB-37756, VDB-39133 and VDB-39132. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 32050
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : IBM Java 1.5.0 (ZYPP Patch Number 5183)
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OpenVAS ID: 850026
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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12/19/2006 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2516 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: John Heasman
Organization: NGSSoftware
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4381 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4381
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38365

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X-Force: 36061
SecurityFocus: 25340 - Sun Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 26631
OSVDB: 37766 - CVE-2007-4381 - Sun - Multiple Products - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018576
Vulnerability Center: 15900 - Sun JDK and JRE Font Parsing Implementation Vulnerability Allows Privileges Escalation, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3009

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 12/03/2024 08:31
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (89), 07/24/2019 09:21 (6), 12/03/2024 08:31 (16)
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