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CVE-2007-3504

Affected software3 products, listed below
Severity9.3 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published30 Jun 2007
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.

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 6.4% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full
  • Action available security rule
  • 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 Protected by Waratek.

How to mitigate CVE-2007-3504

Apply the vendor's fix. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with a security rule that blocks this kind of attack. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

3 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun jdk javase ≤ 5.0.0.0
nvd sun jre javase ≤ 4.2.0.0 · ≤ 5.0.0.0
nvd sun sdk generic ≤ 1.4.2.13

References

URLTags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/37755
http://secunia.com/advisories/25823 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102957-1 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472673/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24695
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018328
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2384 Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2007-06-30By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.