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CVE-2008-5360 Detail

Description

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable file names, which allows attackers to write malicious JAR files via unknown vectors.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33187 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33528 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33709 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34233 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34605 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34889 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34972 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38539 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244986-1 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-484.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid= CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021316 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47045 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6596 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5360
NVD Published Date:
12/05/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE