CVE-2009-2671

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SOCKS proxy implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, allows remote attackers to discover the username of the account that invoked an untrusted (1) applet or (2) Java Web Start application via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Sun Jdk: through 6; 5.0-update_1, 5.0-update_10, 5.0-update_11, 5.0-update_12, 5.0-update_13, 5.0-update_14 (+23)
Sun Jre: through 6; 5.0-update_1, 5.0-update_10, 5.0-update_11, 5.0-update_12, 5.0-update_13, 5.0-update_14 (+24)

References

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html#150_20
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199
http://secunia.com/advisories/36248

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