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CVE-2006-6737

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6737 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 5 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_10 and earlier 1.4.x and 1.3.1_18 and earlier versions, allowing untrusted applets to access data in other applets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.7-1jpp.4.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.7-1jpp.4.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.3-1jpp.3.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: IBMJava2-JRE-1:1.3.1-12
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: IBMJava2-SDK-1:1.3.1-11
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6737Important

security flaw

Jan 4, 2007

References

lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23398
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23650
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23835
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24099
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24189
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25404
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26049
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26119
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11087
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html
Third Party Advisory
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml
Third Party Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
Third Party Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/21674
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5075
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