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CVE-2008-5360

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5360 describes a vulnerability in various versions of Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK where predictable temporary file names could allow attackers to write malicious JAR files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11_b03:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0348 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

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: 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-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.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
View patch
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
View patch
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
View patch
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-2008-5360Low

OpenJDK temporary files have guessable file names (6721753)

Dec 4, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32991
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33015
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33187
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33528
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33709
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33710
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34233
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34259
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34605
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34889
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34972
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35065
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37386
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38539
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47045
Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6596
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-484.htm
Third Party Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
Third Party Advisory
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
Third Party Advisory
www116.nortel.com / pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32608
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3339
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0672
Third Party Advisory