CVE-2007-5689

no score yetEPSS 4.9%

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.

EPSS: 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2007-10-29
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

sun:jdk
sun:jre
sun:sdk

References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533
http://osvdb.org/40834
http://secunia.com/advisories/27320
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693

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