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CVE-2007-5273

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 an HTTP proxy server is used, allows remote attackers to violate the security model for an applet's outbound connections via a multi-pin DNS rebinding attack in which the applet download relies on DNS resolution on the proxy server, but the applet's socket operations rely on DNS resolution on the local machine, a different issue than CVE-2007-5274. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2007-5232.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-5273 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

2007-10-08T23:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

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://crypto.stanford.edu/dns/dns-rebinding.pdf ([email protected])
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/45527 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0159.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27206 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27804 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018771 Patch ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103078-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200041-1 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html ([email protected])
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.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25918 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10340 ([email protected])
http://crypto.stanford.edu/dns/dns-rebinding.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/45527 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0159.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27206 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27804 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018771 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103078-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200041-1 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25918 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10340 (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.