MEDIUM
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application
Published Oct 6, 2007
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.98%
Description
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2_1
- 1.4.2_2
- 1.4.2_3
- 1.4.2_4
- 1.4.2_5
- 1.4.2_6
- 1.4.2_7
- 1.4.2_8
- 1.4.2_9
- 1.4.2_10
- 1.4.2_11
- 1.4.2_12
- 1.4.2_13
- 1.4.2_14
- 1.4.2_15
- 1.4.2_21
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.4.2_03
- 1.4.2_08
- 1.4.2_09
- 1.4.2_10
- 1.4.2_11
- 1.4.2_12
- 1.4.2_13
- 1.4.2_14
- 1.4.2_15
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues do not affect Linux versions of Sun JDK or JRE.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.98% 0.02978
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02978
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.98% (0.02978) | 86.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.98% (0.02978) | 85.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 73.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00586) | 78.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.55% (0.00549) | 77.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00425) | 74.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 74.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00620) | 76.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00589) | 75.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 75.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 73.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (23)
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEA
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27261 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27716 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatch
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5236 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5236
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6115 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5236
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 6, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 5, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5236
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a