FKIE_CVE-2009-2718

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-10 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 on X11 does not impose the intended constraint on distance from the window border to the Security Warning Icon, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to trick a user into interacting unsafely with an untrusted applet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37386
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37460
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun java_se 6
x.org x11 *
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_se:6:14:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "D55A27B8-F579-4A83-B423-0D3249643437",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        },
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "09AEE820-942F-47D3-9CBE-B1D25DE05132",
              "vulnerable": false
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ],
      "operator": "AND"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 on X11 does not impose the intended constraint on distance from the window border to the Security Warning Icon, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to trick a user into interacting unsafely with an untrusted applet."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La implementaci\u00f3n de Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) en Sun Java SE v6 anteriores a Update 15 para X11 no impone la restricci\u00f3n de distancia prevista desde el borde de la ventana al Security Warning Icon, facilitando a atacantes dependientes del contexto que enga\u00f1en a un usuario para interactuar sin seguridad con un applet no confiable."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2009-2718",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:10:05.900",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": true,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2009-08-10T20:30:00.563",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37386"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37460"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37386"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37460"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-264"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.