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CVE-2008-5344

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5344 is an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK versions 6 Update 10 and earlier, 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, and 1.4.2_18 and earlier, specifically affecting Java Web Start and Java Plug-in. This flaw allows untrusted applets to read arbitrary files and establish unauthorized network connections through unknown applet classloading vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

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
3.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0343 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.3-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed 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-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5344Moderate

Java WebStart unprivileged local file and network access

Dec 4, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
marc.info
marc.info
osvdb.org / 50513
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
secunia.com / advisories/32991
secunia.com / advisories/33015
secunia.com / advisories/33528
secunia.com / advisories/33710
secunia.com / advisories/34233
secunia.com / advisories/34605
secunia.com / advisories/34889
secunia.com / advisories/35065
secunia.com / advisories/37386
secunia.com / advisories/38539
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47057
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6249
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-486.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
www116.nortel.com / pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3339
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0672