CVE-2013-2460

critical

Published 2013-06-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Serviceability. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Java sandbox via vectors related to "insufficient access checks" in the tracing component.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/browser/java_jre17_provider_skeleton rank 500

Java Applet ProviderSkeleton Insecure Invoke Method

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
oracle	jre	`{"endIncluding":"1.7.0"}`
oracle	jre	`1.7.0`
oracle	jdk	`{"endIncluding":"1.7.0"}`
oracle	jdk	`1.7.0`

References

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

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