CVE-2007-5237

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2007-10-03
Bugzilla:
321971: CVE-2007-5237 Untrusted Java Web Start application may read and write local files

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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."

Find out more about CVE-2007-5237 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Sun JDK as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 or 5.

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