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CVE-2009-2676

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2676 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java SE, JDK, and JRE versions 6 Update 14 and earlier, 5.0 Update 19 and earlier, and 1.4.2_21 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to create or modify arbitrary files on a vulnerable system through an untrusted Java applet interacting with an old JNLPAppletLauncher. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but allowing for potential partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_se:*:*:business:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update19:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0365 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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 (8)

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-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.6-1jpp.3.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-1.5.0-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
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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-2009-2676Important

JRE applet launcher vulnerability

Aug 5, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
marc.info
osvdb.org / 56789
secunia.com / advisories/36176
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36199
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36248
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37300
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37386
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37460
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8453
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35946
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/2009/3316
Vendor Advisory