National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3551
Original release date:08/08/2008
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Java Platform Micro Edition (aka Java ME, J2ME, or mobile Java), as distributed in Sun Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: as of 20080807, the only disclosure is a vague pre-advisory with no actionable information. However, because it is from a company led by a well-known researcher, it is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: java-micro-unspecified-code-execution(44478)
External Source: BID
Name: 30591
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080807 [SE-2008-01] J2ME Security Vulnerabilities 2008
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.security-explorations.com/report_toc.pdf
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.security-explorations.com/n2vendors.htm
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.security-explorations.com/n2srp.htm
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.security-explorations.com/n2press.htm