CVE-2005-0836

Argument injection vulnerability in Java Web Start for J2SE 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_06 allows untrusted applications to gain privileges via the value parameter of a property tag in a JNLP file.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0836 is rated High Risk (68.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.37%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0836

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.08% 2.37% -0.71%
2 2025-03-29 2.37% 3.08% +0.71%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.37% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0836

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0836

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0836

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-0836: 1 GLSA(s) (200503-28), 2 atom(s) (dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-0836

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0836

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun j2se 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_01 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_01:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_02 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_02:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_03 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_03:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_04 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_04:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_05 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_05:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_06 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_06:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0836

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