# CVE-2011-0706: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote attackers can gain privileges via JNLPClassLoader flaws in IcedTea-Web, requiring user interaction to launch malicious Java Web Start applications.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6228-hc88-4m3g

## What is CVE-2011-0706?

CVE-2011-0706 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 18 Feb 2011. 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

The JNLPClassLoader class in IcedTea-Web before 1.0.1, as used in OpenJDK Runtime Environment 1.6.0, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to multiple signers and the assignment of "an inappropriate security descriptor."

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0706?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Icedtea-Web, Sun Jdk.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-0706?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2011-0706 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0706 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk

- [CVE-2012-3423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3423/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2011-2514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2514/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-3422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3422/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2011-2513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2513/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2013-6493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6493/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-0706 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-0706 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 18 Feb 2011. 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-2011-0706 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-2011-0706/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0706/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0706
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0706
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-0706

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