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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2009-2718 json

The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 on X11 does not impose the intended constraint on distan…

published 2009-08-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2709

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 on X11 does not impose the intended constraint on distance from the window border to the Security Warning Icon, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to trick a user into interacting unsafely with an untrusted applet.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1200

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-2009-2718 updated cvss 4.3

JDK reposition of untrusted applet security icon in X11

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1200

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Exploit prediction

1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.