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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2008-5549

Medium
5/10

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sun Java Web Console components in Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to access local files and read the product's configuration information via unknown vectors related to "access to secure files by ThemeServlet."

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published