icedtea-web: unexpected permanent authorization of unsigned applets
Published Oct 9, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.13%
Description
IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly sanitize applet URLs, which allows remote attackers to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval to execute the applet via a crafted web page, possibly related to line breaks.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 4
- 21
- 22
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
icedtea-web-0:1.6.2-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0778
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7
Fixed · RHBA-2015:2457
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | icedtea-web-0:1.6.2-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0778 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7 | Fixed | RHBA-2015:2457 |
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 3, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02127) | 81.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02135) | 79.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 60.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00694) | 80.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00694) | 79.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00694) | 77.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00639) | 75.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033780 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2817-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5234 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233667 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5234
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5234
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.