CVE-2008-3638 (GCVE-0-2008-3638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-26 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Java on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 does not prevent applets from accessing file:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs.
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