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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2007-2435 json

Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, allows remote attacker…

published 2007-05-02 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2430

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants privileges to itself, related to "Incorrect Use of System Classes" and probably related to support for JNLP files.

Patch / fix

  • jabberd network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.37.rhn
  • jabberd network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.38.rhn
  • tomcat5 network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
  • jfreechart network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 0.9.20-3.rhn
  • rhn-apache network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3
  • rhn-apache network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
  • rhn-modssl network satellite 4.2 2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3
  • rhn-modssl network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0524RHSA-2008:0261RHSA-2007:0829RHSA-2007:0817

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-2435 updated

javaws vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0817
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel4, openmotif21 2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0261
  • Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.3 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.37.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el3, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel3, openmotif21 2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8, +4 more Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel4, openmotif21 2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0524

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Exploit prediction

4.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.