Sun JDK/JRE up to 6u2 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sun JDK and JRE up to 6u2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2007-5238. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun JDK and JRE up to 6u2 (Programming Language Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

The bug was discovered 10/03/2007. The weakness was shared 10/05/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5238 since 10/05/2007. The exploitability is told to be difficult. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32013 (GLSA-200804-20 : 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 115677 (Oracle Java Web Start Relating to Local File Access Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (1000634.1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36946), Tenable (32013), SecurityFocus (BID 25920†), OSVDB (37762†) and Secunia (SA27206†). The entries VDB-3639, VDB-3636, VDB-3640 and VDB-3644 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32013
Nessus Name: GLSA-200804-20 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 835094
OpenVAS Name: HP StorageWorks Default Accounts and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/03/2007 🔍
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04/22/2008 +5 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2519 days 🔍
07/27/2019 +1594 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39099

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X-Force: 36946
SecurityFocus: 25920 - Sun Java WebStart Multiple File Access And Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27206
OSVDB: 37762 - CVE-2007-5238 - Sun - JDK, JRE and SDK - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018770
Vulnerability Center: 16316 - Sun JRE and JDK, and JRE and SDK Allows Remote Attacker to Disclose Sensitive Cache Information, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3895

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/27/2019 11:14
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (85), 07/27/2019 11:14 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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