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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3880 · published 9 November 2009

CVE-2009-3880: Sun jre permissions and access controls vulnerability

Sun · Jre

The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not properly restrict the objects that may be sent to loggers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to the implementation of Component, KeyboardFocusManager, and DefaultKeyboardFocusManager, aka Bug Id 6664512.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% · top 22.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not properly restrict the objects that may be sent to loggers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to the implementation of Component, KeyboardFocusManager, and DefaultKeyboardFocusManager, aka Bug Id 6664512.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html Vendor Advisory
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530296
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10761
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7316
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html Vendor Advisory
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530296
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10761
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7316

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