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CVE-2008-3113

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3113 is an unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start, affecting JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18. This critical vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to create or delete arbitrary files on a user's system through an untrusted application. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it poses a severe risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacks public exploit intelligence or community discussion, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100 indicates significant potential for impact if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0627 is in the 88th 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 (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el3
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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.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
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 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
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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.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3113Critical

Java Web Start arbitrary file creation/deletion file with user permissions (6704077)

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/2008-09/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0955.html
secunia.com / advisories/31010
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31055
secunia.com / advisories/31320
secunia.com / advisories/31497
secunia.com / advisories/31600
secunia.com / advisories/31736
secunia.com / advisories/32018
secunia.com / advisories/32179
secunia.com / advisories/32180
secunia.com / advisories/32826
secunia.com / advisories/33194
secunia.com / advisories/35065
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43667
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10454
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30148
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