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CVE-2009-3866

Published: Nov 05, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3866
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id 6872824.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
JdkSun1.6.0-update_1 (including)1.6.0-update_1 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_10 (including)1.6.0-update_10 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_11 (including)1.6.0-update_11 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_12 (including)1.6.0-update_12 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_13 (including)1.6.0-update_13 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_14 (including)1.6.0-update_14 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_15 (including)1.6.0-update_15 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_16 (including)1.6.0-update_16 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_3 (including)1.6.0-update_3 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_4 (including)1.6.0-update_4 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_5 (including)1.6.0-update_5 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_6 (including)1.6.0-update_6 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_7 (including)1.6.0-update_7 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_8 (including)1.6.0-update_8 (including)
JdkSun1.6.0-update_9 (including)1.6.0-update_9 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_1 (including)1.6.0-update_1 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_10 (including)1.6.0-update_10 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_11 (including)1.6.0-update_11 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_12 (including)1.6.0-update_12 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_13 (including)1.6.0-update_13 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_14 (including)1.6.0-update_14 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_15 (including)1.6.0-update_15 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_16 (including)1.6.0-update_16 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_2 (including)1.6.0-update_2 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_3 (including)1.6.0-update_3 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_4 (including)1.6.0-update_4 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_5 (including)1.6.0-update_5 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_6 (including)1.6.0-update_6 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_7 (including)1.6.0-update_7 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_8 (including)1.6.0-update_8 (including)
JreSun1.6.0-update_9 (including)1.6.0-update_9 (including)
Extras for RHEL 4RedHatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4*
Extras for RHEL 4RedHatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4*
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.3RedHatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4*
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5*
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5*
Sun-java6Ubuntuhardy*
Sun-java6Ubuntuintrepid*
Sun-java6Ubuntujaunty*
Sun-java6Ubuntukarmic*
Sun-java6Ubuntulucid*
Sun-java6Ubuntuupstream*

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