# CVE-2006-6009: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can exploit an untrusted applet to access sensitive data from other applets in the Java Swing library, requiring user interaction to load the malicious applet.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76f6-r3ww-rr8c

## What is CVE-2006-6009?

CVE-2006-6009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 21 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Swing library in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 7 and earlier allows attackers to obtain certain information via unknown attack vectors, related to an untrusted applet accessing data in other applets.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6009?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Jdk, Sun Jre.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-6009?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-6009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk

- [CVE-2011-3521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3521/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3548](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3548/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3549/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3554/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0802/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6009 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-6009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 21 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Jdk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6009/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6009/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6009
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6009
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6009

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6009/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.