CVE-2013-0431
Oracle JRE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, and OpenJDK 7, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox via unspecified vectors related to JMX, aka "Issue 52," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1490.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 90.15% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 February 2013
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 May 2022 · due 15 June 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Affected
- oracle/jre · oracle/openjdk
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 90.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0431
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/Third Party Advisory
- http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53Not Applicable
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/195Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095Not Applicable
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/525387/30/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16579Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19418Broken Link
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0056Third Party Advisory
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/Third Party Advisory
- http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53Not Applicable
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/195Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.