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CVE-2008-3440 Sun Java

Affected softwareSun Java
Severity7.5 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCode injection (CWE-94)
Published1 Aug 2008
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 18 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.4% 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 automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun java generic 1.6.0 · 1.6.0:01 · 1.6.0:02 · ≤ 1.6.0

References

URLTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020584
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

Timeline

Published2008-08-01By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.