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CVE-2007-2435

Affected software3 products, listed below
Severity10.0 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCWE-264
Published2 May 2007
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants privileges to itself, related to "Incorrect Use of System Classes" and probably related to support for JNLP files.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 19 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 5.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

3 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun java enterprise system generic ≤ 5.0
nvd sun jre javase ≤ 4.2.0.0 · ≤ 5.0.0.0
nvd sun sdk generic ≤ 1.4.3.13

References

URLTags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/241
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/35483
http://secunia.com/advisories/25069 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25283
http://secunia.com/advisories/25413
http://secunia.com/advisories/25474
http://secunia.com/advisories/25832
http://secunia.com/advisories/26311

Timeline

Published2007-05-02By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.