Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | java-1.4.2-bea +5 | 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5 | RHSA-2008:0100 |
| RHEL 5 | java-1.4.2-ibm +6 | 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5 | RHSA-2008:0132 |
| RHEL 5 | java-1.5.0-bea +5 | 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5 | RHSA-2007:0956 |
| RHEL 5 | java-1.5.0-ibm +6 | 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5 | RHSA-2007:0829 |
| RHEL 4 | java-1.4.2-bea +2 | 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4 | RHSA-2007:1086 |
| RHEL 4 | java-1.4.2-ibm +6 | 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4 | RHSA-2008:0132 |
| RHEL 4 | java-1.5.0-ibm +6 | 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4 | RHSA-2007:0829 |
| RHEL 3 | java-1.4.2-bea +2 | 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3 | RHSA-2008:0100 |
| RHEL 3 | java-1.4.2-ibm +5 | 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3 | RHSA-2008:0132 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 - Font Parsing Privilege Escalation EDB-30502 · remote · Aug 15, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 5
- RHSA-2008:0132 Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-ibm security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2008:0100 Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-bea security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2007:1086 Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-bea security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2007:0956 Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-bea security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2007:0829 Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-ibm security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- RHSA-2008:0132 vendor-advisory
- 26933 third-party-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- 26402 third-party-advisory
- BEA07-177.00 vendor-advisory
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
- 29897 third-party-advisory
- 103024 vendor-advisory
- 28056 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-14 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0100 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10290 vdb-entry signature
- ADV-2007-2910 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2008:025 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2007:0956 vendor-advisory
- sun-java-font-privilege-escalation(36061) vdb-entry
- 1018576 vdb-entry
- 28777 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-4224 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-3009 vdb-entry
- 28880 third-party-advisory
- 27716 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200709-15 vendor-advisory
- 28115 third-party-advisory
- 29340 third-party-advisory
- 25340 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2007:1086 vendor-advisory
- 27203 third-party-advisory
- 26631 third-party-advisory