# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2008-12-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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".

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021313
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
- http://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
- http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34972
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33528
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6511
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503797/100/0/threaded
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9948
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8753
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16293
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16302
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_calendar_deserialize.rb

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