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CVE-2008-2945· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 through 7.1 and Sun Java System Identity Server 6.1 and 6.2 do not properly process XSLT stylesheets in X

Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 through 7.1 and Sun Java System Identity Server 6.1 and 6.2 do not properly process XSLT stylesheets in XSLT transforms in XML signatures, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted stylesheet, a related issue to CVE-2007-3715, CVE-2007-3716, and CVE-2007-4289.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jun 30, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.8% · 86th percentile
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
sunjava system access manager
sunjava system identity server

Affected versions

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

  • sun java system access manager6.3
  • sun java system access manager7.0
  • sun java system access manager7.1
  • sun java system identity server6.1
  • sun java system identity server6.2

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2009-0169Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 allows remote authenticated sub-realm administrators to gain privileges, as demonstrated by creating the
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2007-5152Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1, when installed in a Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 container, does not demand authentication aft
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2007-5153Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1, when installed in a Sun Java System Application Server 8.x container, allow
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2006-0531Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 allows local users logged in as "root" to bypass authentication and gain top
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2009-0170Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1, 7 2005Q4, and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users with console privileges to discover passwords
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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