CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3906

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in reflection APIs in Java SDK and JRE 1.4.2_08 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 3 and earlier allow remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and access arbitrary files or execute arbitrary applications via unknown attack vectors, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-3905.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the possibility of remote system compromise, which can lead to data theft, breach of confidentiality and integrity of systems, and execution of malicious code.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Java SDK/JRE to version 1.4.2_09 or later and JDK/JRE 5.0 to Update 4 or later, and apply security patches provided by the vendor.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in reflection APIs in Java SDK and JRE 1.4.2_08 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 3 and earlier allow remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and access arbitrary files or execute arbitrary applications via unknown attack vectors, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-3905. NOTE: this is associated with the "second and third issues" identified in SUNALERT:102003.

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