CVE-2008-3440

Sun Java 1.6.0_03 and earlier versions, and possibly later versions, does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020584

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:1.6.0:01::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:java::03::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:1.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:1.6.0:02::::::

Information

Published : 2008-08-01 07:41

Updated : 2008-09-09 21:00

NVD link : CVE-2008-3440

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3440

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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Products Affected

sun

java

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