# CVE-2015-5235: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass applet approval processes or trick users into executing unsigned applets via crafted web pages in IcedTea-Web.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5235, GHSA-c7wx-r8q7-fmcf, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5235

## What is CVE-2015-5235?

CVE-2015-5235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Oct 2015. 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

IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving applet execution via a crafted web page.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5235?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Redhat Icedtea.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5235?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-5235 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5235 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Oct 2015. 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-2015-5235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2015-5235/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5235/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5235
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5235
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5235

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5235/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.