National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1107
Original release date:03/25/2009
Last revised:08/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, allows remote attackers to trick a user into trusting a signed applet via unknown vectors that misrepresent the security warning dialog, related to a "Swing JLabel HTML parsing vulnerability," aka CR 6782871.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 254611
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-14-1
Type: Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1198
External Source: XF
Name: jre-plugin-signedapplet-unauth-access(49460)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1426
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021920
External Source: BID
Name: 34240
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1038
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0394
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0392
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36185
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35416
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35255
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35156
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34496
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34495
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02429
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:036
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:011
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:016
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBMA02429
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBMA02429