CVE-2009-2673

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The proxy mechanism 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 bypass intended access restrictions and connect to arbitrary sites via unspecified vectors, related to a declaration that lacks the final keyword.

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://osvdb.org/56785
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199

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