CVE-2007-5237: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local files via an untrusted application, aka "two vulnerabilities."

Affected products

• Sun JDK: up to and including 1.6.0
• Sun JRE: up to and including 1.6.0

Published 2007-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.