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CVE-2010-4351

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4351 describes a security bypass vulnerability in the JNLP SecurityManager within IcedTea (IcedTea.so) versions 1.7.x, 1.8.x, and 1.9.x for Java OpenJDK, affecting Red Hat and Sun distributions. The flaw allows attackers to bypass the intended security policy by creating ClassLoader instances due to the checkPermission method failing to throw an exception in specific scenarios. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0253 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.17.b17.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4351Important

IcedTea jnlp security manager bypass

Jan 18, 2011

References

blog.fuseyism.com / index.php/2011/01/18/security-icedtea6-177-184-194-released
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053276.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053288.html
osvdb.org / 70605
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/43002
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43078
secunia.com / advisories/43085
secunia.com / advisories/43135
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/64893
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2224
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0176.html
securityfocus.com / bid/45894
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1052-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1055-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0165
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0166
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0215
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0239
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-11-014