CVE-2013-2423

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.

CVSS v3.1

3.7 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

85.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2022-05-25

Published

2013-04-17

Updated

2025-10-22

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_jre17_reflect…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-2419
• CVE-2013-2460
• CVE-2013-2416
• CVE-2013-2465
• CVE-2013-2370
• CVE-2013-2470