CVE-2009-3881
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not prevent the existence of children of a resurrected ClassLoader, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to an "information leak vulnerability," aka Bug Id 6636650.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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references (16)
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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://secunia.com/advisories/37386enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530173enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11484enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6906enisa_euvd
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