GSD-2008-4910

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23
Details
The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs on a client machine via a file:// URL argument to the showDocument method.
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CVE-2008-4910
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