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CVE-2008-5353

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2

Published
Last modified
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Not listed in CISA KEV
4 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module

Summary

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier does not properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by "deserializing Calendar objects".

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-9948, EDB-8753, EDB-16293, EDB-16302

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 30

marc.info

lists.opensuse.org

secunia.com

vupen.com

rhn.redhat.com

support.avaya.com

securitytracker.com

security.gentoo.org

www116.nortel.com

blog.cr0.org

landonf.bikemonkey.org

oval.cisecurity.org

securityfocus.com

Exploit-DB

GitHub · rapid7/metasploit-framework