Vulnerability in Oracle Jdk
CVE-2013-1537
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to RMI. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to the default java.rmi.server.useCodebaseOnly setting of false, which allows remote attackers to perform "dynamic class downloading" and execute arbitrary code.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.099 (95.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.099 · newest: 0.099 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Jdk — versions 1.7.0, 1.6.0, 1.5.0
- Oracle Jre — versions 1.7.0, 1.6.0, 1.5.0
- Sun Jdk — versions 1.6.0, 1.5.0
- Sun Jre — versions 1.6.0, 1.5.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u21-relnotes-1932873.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (vendor-advisory)
- mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.security-explorations.com/en/SE-2012-01-details.html
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1537?
- CVE-2013-1537 is a vulnerability in Oracle Jdk. Published 2013-04-17.
- Is CVE-2013-1537 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.