CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2764

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in Sun SDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.2_04 allows untrusted applets and unprivileged servlets to gain privileges and read data from other applets. The issue is related to classes in the XSLT processor and is referred to as 'XML sniffing'.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of data leakage and unauthorized access to information processed by Java applets, potentially leading to confidentiality and integrity breaches.

Recommendation

Immediately update Java Runtime Environment to a version later than 1.4.2_04 that does not contain this vulnerability. Where possible, restrict the execution of untrusted applets.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Sun SDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 through 1.4.2_04, 1.4.1 through 1.4.1_07, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.0_04 allows untrusted applets and unprivileged servlets to gain privileges and read data from other applets via unspecified vectors related to classes in the XSLT processor, aka "XML sniffing."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS