CVE-2015-5006

low

Published 2015-12-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

IBM Java Security Components in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 8 before SR2, 7 R1 before SR3 FP20, 7 before SR9 FP20, 6 R1 before SR8 FP15, and 6 before SR16 FP15 allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the Kerberos Credential Cache.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Red Hat Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—
5.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
12	Affected	—
11	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	java_2_sdk	`{"startIncluding":"5.0.0.0","endIncluding":"5.0.16.13"}`
ibm	java_sdk	`{"startIncluding":"6.0.0.0","endExcluding":"6.0.16.15"}`	`6.0.16.15`
redhat	satellite	`5.6`
redhat	satellite	`5.7`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.