CVE-2008-4910
highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.103 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
10.3% (96th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs on a client machine via a file:// URL argument to the showDocument method.
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cvss
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10.0
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-32529Sun Java Web Start 1.0/1.2 - Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2008-11-04modified 2026-06-16
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4542enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497799/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497972/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31916enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46119enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4542nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497799/100/0/threadednvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497972/100/0/threadednvd
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