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CVE-2008-1191

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1191 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start within Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, enabling remote attackers to create arbitrary files through untrusted applications. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability presents a moderate risk, allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts via a network-based attack with medium complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6_update_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6_update_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0365 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.1-1jpp.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1191Critical

Untrusted Java Web Start arbitrary file creation

Mar 6, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/29239
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29273
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29582
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29858
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30676
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30780
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32018
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41029
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41136
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10167
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0770/references
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references
Vendor Advisory