HIGH
Untrusted applet and application privilege escalation (CVE-2008-1186)
Published Mar 6, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.63%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine for Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application or applet, a different issue than CVE-2008-1186, aka "the first issue."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
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
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
Configuration 2
OR
- 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_16
- 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
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 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_16
No data.
Extras for RHEL 4
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0186
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0186
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 4 | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0186 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0186 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.63% 0.05630
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05630
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.63% (0.05630) | 92.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.63% (0.05630) | 91.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 17.99% (0.17994) | 94.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 20.21% (0.20211) | 95.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 24.09% (0.24092) | 95.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 22.57% (0.22569) | 93.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 24.09% (0.24092) | 95.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 18.81% (0.18809) | 94.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 3.19% (0.03185) | 91.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01337) | 86.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 6, 2024 | 1.51% (0.01514) | 86.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.51% (0.01514) | 84.90th | 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 (28)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29239 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29273 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29582 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019555 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233321-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1185 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436029 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41025 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41138 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9672 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1185
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 6, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 6, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1185
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a