CVE-2009-2673: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and connect to arbitrary sites via unspecified vectors, related to a declaration that lacks the final keyword.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: up to and including 6; version 5.0 only; version 6 only
• Sun JRE: up to and including 6; version 5.0 only; version 6 only

Published 2009-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.