CVE-2015-5235

icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing

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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 determine an applet's origin when asking the user if the applet should be run. A malicious page could use this flaw to cause IcedTea-Web to execute the applet without user approval, or confuse the user into approving applet execution based on an incorrectly indicated applet origin.

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-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity