Bug 363761 (CVE-2007-5689) - CVE-2007-5689 java-jre: Applet Privilege Escalation
Summary: CVE-2007-5689 java-jre: Applet Privilege Escalation
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2007-5689
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-02 13:41 UTC by Marc Schoenefeld
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-04-08 21:04:21 UTC
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Description Marc Schoenefeld 2007-11-02 13:41:20 UTC 
The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
in SDK and JRE 1.3.x through 1.3.1_20 and 1.4.x through 1.4.2_15, and
JDK and JRE 5.x through 5.0 Update 12 and 6.x through 6 Update 2,
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs, or read or
modify arbitrary files, via applets that grant privileges to
themselves.
Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2010-04-08 21:04:21 UTC 
This issue was correct in java-1.5.0-sun packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary via RHSA-2007:0963:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html
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