Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive informatio

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• sun java seup to 5.0 inclusive
• sun java seup to 6 inclusive
• sun openjdkall versions

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2009-2723Unspecified vulnerability in deserialization in the Provider class in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 has unknown impact and attack vectors
  41Plan
• CVE-2009-2722Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Provider class in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 have unknown impact and attack vectors, aka B
  41Plan
• CVE-2009-2721Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Provider class in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 have unknown impact and attack vectors, aka B
  41Plan
• CVE-2009-2689JDK13Services.getProviders in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, grants full privileges to instances of u
  41Plan
• CVE-2009-2476The Java Management Extensions (JMX) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, does not properly enforce OpenType check
  41Plan
• CVE-2009-2724Race condition in the java.lang package in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "3Y Race con
  37Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.