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CVE-2010-0886

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0886 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the Java Deployment Toolkit component of Oracle Java SE and Java for Business JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 10 through 19. This flaw allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a critical risk, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability requiring no authentication, leading to complete compromise. While not on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability, despite a lack of significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
69.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Sun Java Web Start Plugin Command Line Argument Injection · Apr 9, 2010
ExploitDB: EDB-16585 · Sep 21, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6995 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.20-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.20-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0886Critical

Java: Java Web Start arbitrary command line injection

Apr 9, 2010

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/39819
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14216
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT4170
support.apple.com / kb/HT4171
oracle.com / technology/deploy/security/alerts/alert-cve-2010-0886.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
vmware.com / support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1191