HIGH
Untrusted Java Web Start application may read and write local files
Published Oct 6, 2007
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.29%
Description
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local files via an untrusted application, aka "two vulnerabilities."
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Sun JDK as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 or 5.
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.
7.1 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.29% 0.03291
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03291
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 | 3.29% (0.03291) | 88.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.29% (0.03291) | 86.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.68% (0.00678) | 69.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00507) | 77.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00542) | 77.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 76.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 76.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00736) | 78.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00701) | 78.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00687) | 77.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00635) | 75.83th | 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 (25)
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/27261 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- 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.securitytracker.com/id?1018770 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- 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-2007-5237 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=321971 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5237
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5899 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5237
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-2007-5237
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a