CVE-2009-3728
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Directory traversal vulnerability in the ICC_Profile.getInstance method in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local International Color Consortium (ICC) profile files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname, aka Bug Id 6631533.
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affected products (4)
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references (26)
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- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37581enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3969enisa_euvd
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