CVE-2008-2945

Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 through 7.1 and Sun Java System Identity Server 6.1 and 6.2 do not properly process XSLT stylesheets in XSLT transforms in XML signatures, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted stylesheet, a related issue to CVE-2007-3715, CVE-2007-3716, and CVE-2007-4289.

Published: 2008-06-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2945 is rated Moderate Risk (61.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.80%). EPSS rose +1.90% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2945

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 0.90% 2.80% +1.90%
2 2025-03-30 1.76% 0.90% -0.86%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.76% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2945

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2945

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2945

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun java_system_access_manager 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_access_manager:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_access_manager 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_access_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_access_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_access_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_server:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_server 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_server:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2945

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