CVE-2009-3866

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-11-03
Bugzilla:
533212: CVE-2009-3866 java-1.6.0-sun: Privilege escalation in the Java Web Start Installer (6872824)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id 6872824.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3866 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2010:0043 2010-01-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2009:1694 2009-12-23
Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2010:0043 2010-01-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) RHSA-2009:1560 2009-11-09
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.6.0-sun) RHSA-2009:1560 2009-11-09
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2009:1694 2009-12-23

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