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CVE-2009-2690

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2690 describes a vulnerability in Sun Java SE 6 prior to Update 15 and OpenJDK, where an encoder flaw allows untrusted applets or applications to read private variables with unspecified names. This could lead to sensitive information disclosure. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current threat activity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_se:*:14:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
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
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2690Low

OpenJDK private variable information disclosure (6777487)

Aug 5, 2009

References

java.sun.com / javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/36162
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36176
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36180
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9443
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2543