oracle java CVE-2013-2423 vulnerability in Oracle and Other Products
Published on April 17, 2013

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Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Oracle JRE Unspecified Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Unspecified vulnerability in hotspot for Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows remote attackers to affect integrity.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 15, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2013-2423 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2013-2423 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
91.52%
Percentile
99.65%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.