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TI-2008-02979 Aliases CVE-2008-3115GHSA-xxcm-x786-q6gg

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-16Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06998 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 32

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_10VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_11VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_12VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_13VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_14VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_15VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_6VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_7VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_8VulnerableSun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_10 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_11 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_12 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_13 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_14 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_15 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_6 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_7 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_8 Vulnerable ·Sun
Show 22 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_9VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_1VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_2VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_3VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_4VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_5VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_10VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_11VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_12VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_13VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_14VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_15VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_6VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_7VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_8VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 update_9VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_1VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_2VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_3VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_4VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*6 update_5VulnerableSun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_9 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_1 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_2 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_3 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_4 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_5 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_10 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_11 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_12 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_13 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_14 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_15 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_6 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_7 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_8 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update_9 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_1 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_2 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_3 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_4 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:6:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 update_5 Vulnerable ·Sun

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3115
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxcm-x786-q6gg

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 6

  • TI-2013-01300 The color management (CMM) functionality in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-05098 The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-04185 Unspecified vulnerability in the Deployment component in Java Runtime Environment (JRE)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-03392 Unspecified vulnerability in the Deployment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-03381 Unspecified vulnerability in the New Java Plug-in component in Oracle Java SE and Java… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2012-01342 Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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