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CVE-2007-5238

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5238 describes a vulnerability in Java Web Start within various Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK versions, where untrusted applications could bypass access restrictions. This flaw allowed user-assisted remote attackers to discover the Java Web Start cache location, potentially leading to information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 2.6, it is considered low severity, requiring high attack complexity and user interaction for a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0266 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (7)

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
View patch
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-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5238Moderate

Vulnerabilities in Java Web Start allow to determine the location of the Java Web Start cache

Oct 3, 2007

References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/272
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
secunia.com / advisories/27206
secunia.com / advisories/27261
secunia.com / advisories/27693
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/27716
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/27804
secunia.com / advisories/28777
secunia.com / advisories/28880
secunia.com / advisories/29042
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/36946
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11592
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
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
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-2008-0132.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/25920
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3895
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0609
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references