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CVE-2007-5239

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5239 describes a vulnerability in Java Web Start within various Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK versions. It allows untrusted applications or applets to bypass access restrictions, enabling user-assisted remote attackers to copy or rename arbitrary files. This occurs when a local user performs drag-and-drop operations from the untrusted application/applet window onto specific desktop applications. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily 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
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 74th 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
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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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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-2007-5239Moderate

Untrusted Application or Applet May Move or Copy Arbitrary Files

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
secunia.com / advisories/27716
secunia.com / advisories/27804
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
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36950
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8758
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-2008-0100.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
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