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critical 10.0

CVE-2008-3112 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE…

published 2008-07-09 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3102

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
25.7%
EPSS 25.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via the writeManifest method in the CacheEntry class, aka CR 6703909.

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • oracle jdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • oracle jre 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun java 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun java_se 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun jdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun jre 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • oracle openjdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun openjdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0955RHSA-2008:0790RHSA-2008:0906RHSA-2008:0595RHSA-2008:0638RHSA-2008:0594

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-2008-3112 updated

Java Web Start, arbitrary file creation (6703909)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.7-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.7-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0955
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0638

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Exploit prediction

25.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% 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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.