CVE-2015-5234

icedtea-web: unexpected permanent authorization of unsigned applets

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly sanitize applet URLs, which allows remote attackers to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval to execute the applet via a crafted web page, possibly related to line breaks.

IcedTea-Web en versiones anteriores a 1.5.3 y 1.6.x anterior a 1.6.1 no limpia correctamente URLs de applet, lo que permite a atacantes remotos inyectar applets en el archivo de configuración .appletTrustSettings y eludir la aprobación del usuario para ejecutar la applet a través de una página web manipulada, probablemente relacionada con el salto de línea.

It was discovered that IcedTea-Web did not properly sanitize applet URLs when storing applet trust settings. A malicious web page could use this flaw to inject trust-settings configuration, and cause applets to be executed without user approval.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-07-01 CVE Reserved
2015-10-09 CVE Published
2023-05-27 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-138: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033780	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html	2018-10-30
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.html	2018-10-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2817-1	2018-10-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233667	2016-05-10
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5234	2016-05-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Hpc Node"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Hpc Node" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Icedtea Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Icedtea"				<= 1.5.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Icedtea" and version " <= 1.5.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Icedtea Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Icedtea"				1.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Icedtea" and version "1.6"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				21 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "21"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				22 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "22"		-		Affected