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CVE-2008-3109

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3109 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the scripting language support of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier. This flaw allows untrusted applications or applets to escalate privileges, enabling actions such as reading or writing local files, or executing local programs. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its 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
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0347 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
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
View patch
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-2008-3109Critical

Security Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment Scripting Language Support (6529568, 6529579)

Jul 8, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/31010
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31600
secunia.com / advisories/32018
secunia.com / advisories/32179
secunia.com / advisories/32180
secunia.com / advisories/32436
secunia.com / advisories/33238
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43660
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8540
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-509.htm
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1045.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30144
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