CVE-2013-1490
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 11 (JRE 1.7.0_11-b21) allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox via unspecified vectors, aka "Issue 51," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0431. NOTE: as of 20130130, this vulnerability does not contain any independently-verifiable details, and there is no vendor acknowledgement. A CVE identifier is being assigned because this vulnerability has received significant public attention, and the original researcher has an established history of releasing vulnerability reports that have been fixed by vendors. NOTE: this issue also exists in SE 6, but it cannot be exploited without a separate vulnerability.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/
- http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/195
- http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/525387/30/0/threaded
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/
- http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/195
- http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/525387/30/0/threaded
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.