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CVE-2008-3103

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3103 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent within Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 15 and earlier, when local monitoring is enabled. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized operations with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0504 is in the 59th 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 (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.2Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3103Moderate

OpenJDK JMX allows illegal operations with local monitoring (6332953)

Jul 8, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/31010
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31055
secunia.com / advisories/31497
secunia.com / advisories/31600
secunia.com / advisories/32018
secunia.com / advisories/32179
secunia.com / advisories/32180
secunia.com / advisories/32394
secunia.com / advisories/32436
secunia.com / advisories/32437
secunia.com / advisories/33237
secunia.com / advisories/33238
secunia.com / advisories/34972
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43669
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10920
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-507.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-509.htm
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0891.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1044.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1045.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30146
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2056/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2740