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CVE-2013-1488

Date: March 8, 2013

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James Forshaw during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (25)

Url: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html

Url: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124

Url: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157

Url: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16511

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145

Url: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161

Url: http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/

Url: http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/

Url: https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309425888188043264

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1488

Url: http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1488

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920247

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-1488

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2013-1488

Date: March 8, 2013

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