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CVE-2009-2670

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2670 describes a vulnerability in the audio system of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 6 before Update 15, and 5.0 before Update 20. Untrusted applets and Java Web Start applications could bypass security restrictions to read sensitive java.lang.System properties. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain partial confidentiality (C:P) by obtaining sensitive information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0329 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.10-1jpp.4.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.6-1jpp.3.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5
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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-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.10-1jpp.4.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.6-1jpp.3.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2670Moderate

OpenJDK Untrusted applet System properties access (6738524)

Aug 5, 2009

References

java.sun.com / j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
java.sun.com / javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
marc.info
osvdb.org / 56788
secunia.com / advisories/36162
secunia.com / advisories/36176
secunia.com / advisories/36180
secunia.com / advisories/36199
secunia.com / advisories/36248
secunia.com / advisories/37300
secunia.com / advisories/37386
secunia.com / advisories/37460
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52306
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11326
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8022
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35939
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2543
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3316