CVE-2009-1104

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier; 6 Update 12 and earlier; and 1.4.2_19 and earlier does not prevent Javascript that is loaded from the localhost from connecting to other ports on the system, which allows user-assisted attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via LiveConnect, aka CR 6724331. NOTE: this vulnerability can be leveraged with separate cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities for remote attack vectors.

Affected products

Sun Java: all versions

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01745133
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124344236532162&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34495
http://secunia.com/advisories/34496
http://secunia.com/advisories/35156
http://secunia.com/advisories/35255
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
http://secunia.com/advisories/36185
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

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