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CVE-2008-5342

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun...

5.0 MediumFix available

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted downloaded applications to cause local files to be displayed in the browser of the user of the untrusted application via unknown vectors, aka 6767668.

Exploit likelihood

3.01%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted downloaded applications to cause local files to be displayed in the browser of the user of the untrusted application via unknown vectors, aka 6767668.

Record
CVE-2008-5342
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted downloaded applications to cause local files to be displayed in the browser of the user of the untrusted application via unknown vectors, aka 6767668.

Record
CVE-2008-5342
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5319 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted downloaded applications to cause local files to be displayed in the browser of the user of the untrusted application via unknown vectors, aka 6767668.

Record
EUVD-2008-5319
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6g4j-38c6-c7fh No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun...

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted downloaded applications to cause local files to be displayed in the browser of the user of the untrusted application via unknown vectors, aka 6767668.

Record
GHSA-6g4j-38c6-c7fh
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
java-1.6.0-sun
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-sun-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-sun-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-sun-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-sun
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-sun-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.5.0-sun
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.5.0-sun-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.5.0-sun-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.5.0-sun-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.5.0-sun-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.5.0-sun
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-sun-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
java-1.5.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.5.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.6.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.4.2-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-5342 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Sun Jdk, published December 5, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.01%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in java-1.6.0-sun 1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4.

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