CVE-2013-2423

3.7 LOW CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: April 17, 2013 Modified: October 22, 2025

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Not Applicable
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Issue Tracking
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory
http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

33 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
3.7 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
91.5%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-06-15

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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