CVE-2009-1896 describes a critical vulnerability in the Java Web Start framework within OpenJDK, specifically affecting Fedora 10 and 11 distributions. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with full application privileges by crafting a malicious application that leverages the framework's improper trust handling of JAR files. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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