CVE-2015-5234

icedtea-web: unexpected permanent authorization of unsigned applets

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 2, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

It was discovered that IcedTea-Web did not properly sanitize applet URLs when storing applet trust settings. A malicious web page could use this flaw to inject trust-settings configuration, and cause applets to be executed without user approval.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWE-138 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements