CVE-2007-2435

28

FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2435 describes a critical vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start, affecting JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions by exploiting an application that improperly grants itself privileges, likely through JNLP file manipulation. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_enterprise_system::update10::::::*
		<= 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre::update13::::::*
		<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre::update10::::::*
		<= 1.4.3_13CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

4.96%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

91.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-24

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0496 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (35)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.37.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2435Critical

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References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/241

docs.info.apple.com / article.html

lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html

osvdb.org / 35483

secunia.com / advisories/25069

PatchVendor Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/25283

secunia.com / advisories/25413

secunia.com / advisories/25474

secunia.com / advisories/25832

secunia.com / advisories/26311

secunia.com / advisories/26369

secunia.com / advisories/28115

secunia.com / advisories/29858

secunia.com / advisories/30780

security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200706-08.xml

security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/33984

oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10999

sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do

PatchVendor Advisory

support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-199.htm

gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xml

gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0817.html

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.html

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

securityfocus.com / bid/23728

Patch

securitytracker.com / id

vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1598

vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1814

vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4224