CVE-2007-5689 describes a critical vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) across various versions of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and SDK/JDK, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or manipulate files via malicious applets that self-grant privileges. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.