TI-2008-04667 Aliases CVE-2008-4910 GHSA-92fw-f58x-hghj

The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

MEDIUM 55CWE-20Published 2008-11-04 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

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

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

Summary

The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs on a client machine via a file:// URL argument to the showDocument method.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.10339 95th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_web_start::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Sun

cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_web_start:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Sun

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4910
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92fw-f58x-hghj

References

Advisory 1

4542

TI-2007-04838 Buffer overflow in the Sun Java Web Start ActiveX control in Java Runtime Environment… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-01129 X509TrustManager in (1) Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in SDK and JRE 1.4.0 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2002-01924 Unknown vulnerability in Java web start 1.0.1_01, 1.0.1, 1.0 and 1.0.1.01 (HP-UX 11.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-04155 The Java Plug-in J2SE 1.3.0_02 through 5.0 Update 5, and Java Web Start 1.0 through 1.2… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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