{
    "id": "CVE-2008-5353",
    "published": "2008-12-05 11:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:59:48",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier does not properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by \"deserializing Calendar objects\".",
    "epss_score": "0.85811",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99722",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:16:19",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "jdk"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "jre"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "sdk"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16302",
            "title": "Signed Applet Social Engineering - Code Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2011-01-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16302"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16293",
            "title": "Sun Java - Calendar Deserialization (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2010-09-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16293"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "8753",
            "title": "Apple Mac OSX - Java applet Remote Deserialization Remote (2)",
            "date": "2009-05-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8753"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "9948",
            "title": "Sun Java Runtime and Development Kit 6 Update 10 - Calendar Deserialization (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2008-12-03",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9948"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html",
        "http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2",
        "http://osvdb.org/50500",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/32991",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33015",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33528",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33709",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33710",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34233",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34259",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34605",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34889",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34972",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/35065",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/35118",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/37386",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/38539"
    ]
}