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JRE Java API Privilege Escalation

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JRE Java API Privilege Escalation

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/06/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/18/2009
Modified
09/13/2018

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 update 4 and earlier, 5 update 14 and earlier as well as 1.4.2_16 and earlier suffer from a flaw in the Java API. This flaw can potentially allow attackers to run untrusted network-aware javascript, granting them access to the victim's adjacent network.

Solution(s)

  • jre-upgrade-latest

References

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