Untrusted applet and application XSLT processing privilege escalation
Published Mar 6, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.42%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in 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 cause a denial of service (JRE crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to XSLT transforms.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.0
- ≤ 6
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
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- 5.0
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- 6
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- 6
- 6
- ≤ 1.4.2_14
- ≤ 5.0
- ≤ 6
- 1.4.2_01
- 1.4.2_1
- 1.4.2_02
- 1.4.2_03
- 1.4.2_04
- 1.4.2_05
- 1.4.2_06
- 1.4.2_07
- 1.4.2_10
- 1.4.2_11
- 1.4.2_12
- 1.4.2_13
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- ≤ 1.4.2_16
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2_01
- 1.4.2_1
- 1.4.2_02
- 1.4.2_03
- 1.4.2_04
- 1.4.2_05
- 1.4.2_06
- 1.4.2_07
- 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.
Extras for RHEL 3
java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0243
Extras for RHEL 3
java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0555
Extras for RHEL 4
java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0555
Extras for RHEL 4
java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0210
Extras for RHEL 4
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0186
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1
java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0638
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0243
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0555
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0244
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0210
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0186
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0245
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.1-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0267
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 3 | java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0243 |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0555 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0555 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0210 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0186 |
| Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1 | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0638 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0243 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0555 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0244 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0210 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0186 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0245 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.1-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0267 |
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.42% (0.05422) | 92.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.42% (0.05422) | 91.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 21.62% (0.21616) | 95.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 15, 2025 | 38.23% (0.38231) | 97.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 39.79% (0.39794) | 97.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 43.72% (0.43719) | 97.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 18.57% (0.18573) | 96.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 10.76% (0.10760) | 95.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 13.30% (0.13295) | 94.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
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