CVE-2008-3112 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting Sun Java Web Start in specific versions of JDK, JRE, and SDK. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create arbitrary files on a vulnerable system by exploiting the writeManifest method in the CacheEntry class. With a CVSS score of 10.0, the vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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