Security Advisory

CVE-2009-3866

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2009-11-05 16:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 06:45:49
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id 6872824.