CVE-2007-4381 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the font parsing implementation of Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions by leveraging a specially crafted applet that self-grants elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for privilege escalation exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update9:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update14:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.2_14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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