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CVE-2008-1185

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1185 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK versions 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier. This critical flaw allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through untrusted applications or applets. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium 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
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0563 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1185Critical

Untrusted applet and application privilege escalation (CVE-2008-1186)

Mar 6, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29239
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29273
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29582
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29858
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30676
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30780
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32018
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41025
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41138
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9672
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
Third Party Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0770/references
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references
Third Party Advisory