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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2007-5238 json

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does…

published 2007-10-06 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5218

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

Patch / fix

  • java-1.5.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0963RHSA-2008:0132RHSA-2007:1041

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-2007-5238 updated

Vulnerabilities in Java Web Start allow to determine the location of the Java Web Start cache

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132

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Exploit prediction

2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.