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CVE-2007-5232

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier, when applet caching is enabled, allows remote attackers to violate the security model for an applet's outbound connections via a DNS rebinding attack.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-5232 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from sun, from sun, from sun organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2007, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2007-10-05T23:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.6.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.6.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_3	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_8	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_9	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_10	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_11	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_12	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_13	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_14	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_15	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.6.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.6.0	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_01	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_01a	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_16	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_18	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_19	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_20	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_03	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_08	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_09	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_10	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_11	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_12	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_13	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_14	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_15	Yes

References

http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/?page_id=148 ([email protected])
http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/materials/D2T1%20-%20Billy%20Rios%20-%20Slipping%20Past%20the%20Firewall.pdf ([email protected])
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27206 ([email protected])
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27804 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 ([email protected])
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103079-1 Patch ([email protected])
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336105 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html ([email protected])
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018768 ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895 ([email protected])
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609 ([email protected])
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36941 ([email protected])
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http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/?page_id=148 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/materials/D2T1%20-%20Billy%20Rios%20-%20Slipping%20Past%20the%20Firewall.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27206 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27804 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103079-1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25918 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018768 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36941 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9331 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sun's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.