CVE-2009-2672 describes a vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions prior to Update 15 for JDK/JRE 6 and prior to Update 20 for JDK/JRE 5.0. This flaw allows untrusted applets and Java Web Start applications to access browser cookies due to an insecure proxy mechanism implementation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, enabling remote attackers to hijack web sessions with low attack complexity and potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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