VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-2672
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, does not prevent access to browser cookies by untrusted (1) applets and (2) Java Web Start applications, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.