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CVE-2008-3112

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
25.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2573 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (13)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3112Critical

Java Web Start, arbitrary file creation (6703909)

Jul 8, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0955.html
secunia.com / advisories/31010
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31055
secunia.com / advisories/31320
secunia.com / advisories/31497
secunia.com / advisories/31600
secunia.com / advisories/31736
secunia.com / advisories/32018
secunia.com / advisories/32179
secunia.com / advisories/32180
secunia.com / advisories/32436
secunia.com / advisories/32826
secunia.com / advisories/33194
secunia.com / advisories/35065
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43666
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11102
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30148
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2056/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2740
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-08-042