CVE-2008-1191

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-1191 · Published 06/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1191 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting jdk (sun), jre (sun).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jdk sun	`≤ 6_update_4`	No fix yet
jre sun	`≤ 6_update_4`	No fix yet

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via an untrusted application, a different issue than CVE-2008-1190, aka "The fifth issue."

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/29239 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29273 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29582 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29858 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30676 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30780 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/32018 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do · Patch
support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

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