Protection Mechanism Failure in openjdk - CVE-2019-2786
Published: July 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19281
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2786
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
openjdk
openjdk
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the the AccessController class implementation in the Security component failed in certain cases. A remote attacker can use an untrusted Java application or applet to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.
The vulnerability affects openjdk-jre package of an implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-2786
Install updates from vendor's website.