CVE-2007-3715

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Sun Java System Application Server and Web Server 7.0 through 9.0 before 20070710 do not properly process XSLT stylesheets in XSLT transforms in XML signatures, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute an arbitrary Java method via a crafted stylesheet, a related issue to CVE-2007-3716.

Affected products

Sun Java System Application Server: 8.2, 9.0
Sun Java System Web Server: 7.0

References

http://osvdb.org/37248
http://secunia.com/advisories/26023
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102992-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200054-1
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-04-dsig.txt
http://www.isecpartners.com/files/XMLDSIG_Command_Injection.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473552/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473553/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24850
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2493
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2785
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35335

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