CVE-2015-5236 describes a Same Origin Policy (SOP) bypass vulnerability in IcedTea-Web, where the codebase attribute of an HTML applet tag could be manipulated to spoof the applet's origin. This allowed malicious websites to bypass SOP restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized data access. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:icedtea-web_project:icedtea-web:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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