CVE-2006-6745

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, and Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, allow attackers to develop Java applets or applications that are able to gain privileges, related to serialization in JRE.

Published: 2006-12-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6745 is rated Moderate Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.06%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6745

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 2026-06-15 14.77% 3.06% -11.71%
2 2026-03-05 23.43% 14.77% -8.66%
3 2026-01-19 — 23.43% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6745

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6745

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6745

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6745: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6745
gentoo normal CVE-2006-6745: 3 GLSA(s) (200701-15, 200702-08, 200705-20), 5 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/blackdown-jdk, dev-java/blackdown-jre, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-6745
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6745
ubuntu negligible CVE-2006-6745 negligible priority: Ubuntu has no source package entries, 0 status rows across 0 suites (none): no status rows. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6745

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6745

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun j2se 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_07 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_07:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_08 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_09 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_10 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_11 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_12 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update2:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update4 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update5 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update6 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update7 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_4 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_5 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_6 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_7 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_8 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_9 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_10 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_11 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_12 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.4.2_13 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6745

URL Tags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/240
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23445
http://secunia.com/advisories/23650
http://secunia.com/advisories/23835
http://secunia.com/advisories/24099
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189
http://secunia.com/advisories/24468
http://secunia.com/advisories/25283
http://secunia.com/advisories/25404
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017426 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102731-1 Vendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102289 US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21673
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5074
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9621
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