National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2008-5347)

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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5347

Original release date:12/05/2008

Last revised:08/20/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier allow untrusted applets and applications to gain privileges via vectors related to access to inner classes in the (1) JAX-WS and (2) JAXB packages.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

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 unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-340A

Name: TA08-340A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 246366

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-246366-1

External Source: XF

Name: jre-jaxws-jaxb-privilege-escalation(47068)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47068

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf