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CVE-2009-1104

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1104 describes a vulnerability in the Java Plug-in affecting Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 12 and earlier, and 1.4.2_19 and earlier. This flaw allows JavaScript loaded from localhost to bypass access restrictions and connect to other local ports via LiveConnect, potentially enabling user-assisted attackers to compromise systems. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0216 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.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.5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.3Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.18-1jpp.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.3.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1104Moderate

OpenJDK: Intended access restrictions bypass via LiveConnect (6724331)

Mar 23, 2009

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00001.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/34495
secunia.com / advisories/34496
secunia.com / advisories/35156
secunia.com / advisories/35255
secunia.com / advisories/35416
secunia.com / advisories/36185
secunia.com / advisories/37386
secunia.com / advisories/37460
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49457
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6584
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1198.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1038.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34240
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1426
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3316