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CVE-2007-5232

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5232 describes a vulnerability in various versions of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE), JDK, and SDK, where applet caching allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions on applet outbound connections through a DNS rebinding attack. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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 (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.6-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.6-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5232Moderate

Security Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment With Applet Caching

Oct 3, 2007

References

conference.hitb.org / hitbsecconf2007kl/materials/D2T1%20-%20Billy%20Rios%20-%20Slipping%20Past%20the%20Firewall.pdf
conference.hitb.org / hitbsecconf2007kl
dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/272
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
secunia.com / advisories/27206
secunia.com / advisories/27261
secunia.com / advisories/27693
secunia.com / advisories/27716
secunia.com / advisories/27804
secunia.com / advisories/28115
secunia.com / advisories/28777
secunia.com / advisories/28880
secunia.com / advisories/29042
secunia.com / advisories/29214
secunia.com / advisories/29340
secunia.com / advisories/29858
secunia.com / advisories/29897
secunia.com / advisories/30676
secunia.com / advisories/30780
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36941
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9331
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/336105
US Government Resource
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/25918
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3895
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4224
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0609
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references