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CVE-2007-5689

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0489 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.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
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5689Important

java-jre: Applet Privilege Escalation

Oct 23, 2007

References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/272
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
osvdb.org / 40834
secunia.com / advisories/27320
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27693
secunia.com / advisories/29042
secunia.com / advisories/29858
secunia.com / advisories/30676
secunia.com / advisories/30780
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9898
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-480.htm
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/26185
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3589
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3895
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0609
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references