VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5234

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-10-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly sanitize applet URLs, which allows remote attackers to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval to execute the applet via a crafted web page, possibly related to line breaks.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references