VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0603

HIGH 7.6EPSS 4.07%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE component in Oracle Java SE 6u111, 7u95, 8u71, and 8u72, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Install. NOTE: the previous information is from Oracle's Security Alert for CVE-2016-0603. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this is an untrusted search path issue that allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dll in the "application directory."

CVSS 2.0: 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 4.07% probability · 91th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: oracle/jre · oracle/jdk
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 4.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.