VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6493
The LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- redhat/icedtea-web
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214aExploit, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57036Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214aExploit, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57036Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.