Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0657
CVE-2008-0657
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.0_update13
- (no CPE)range: <=6 Update 1, <=5.0 Update 13
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.6.0
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.0
- Range: <=6 Update 1, <=5.0 Update 13
Patches
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References
26- secunia.com/advisories/28795nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28888nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29214nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29498nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29841nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29858nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29897nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30676nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30780nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31497nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xmlnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xmlnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0123.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27650nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0429nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/referencesnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11505nvd
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