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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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