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CVE-2006-6745

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6745 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, and 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, specifically related to serialization. This critical vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score is relatively low, its FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 highlights its significant potential impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_01:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_02:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0316 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.7-1jpp.4.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.7-1jpp.4.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.3-1jpp.3.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6745Critical

security flaw

Jan 4, 2007

References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/240
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html
secunia.com / advisories/23445
secunia.com / advisories/23650
secunia.com / advisories/23835
secunia.com / advisories/24099
secunia.com / advisories/24189
secunia.com / advisories/24468
secunia.com / advisories/25283
secunia.com / advisories/25404
secunia.com / advisories/26049
secunia.com / advisories/26119
secunia.com / advisories/28115
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml
securitytracker.com / id
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9621
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Vendor Advisory
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/102289
US Government Resource
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html
securityfocus.com / bid/21673
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5074
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0936
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1814
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4224