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CVE-2013-0422

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0422 describes multiple critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Java 7 prior to Update 11, primarily affecting Oracle, Canonical, and openSUSE distributions. These flaws allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through two main vectors: manipulating JMX MBeans to obtain private object references and bypassing security checks in the Reflection API. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score of 0.93633, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It was actively exploited in the wild by exploit kits like Blackhole and Nuclear Pack, with publicly available Metasploit modules and significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
97.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · May 25, 2022
Metasploit: Java Applet JMX Remote Code Execution · Jan 10, 2013
ExploitDB: EDB-24045 · Jan 11, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9761 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.4.el5_9.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.11-1jpp.3.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.0-1jpp.2.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.11-1jpp.3.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.0-1jpp.2.el6_4
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0422Critical

OpenJDK: MethodHandles.Lookup incorrect permission checks, Java 7 0day (Libraries, 8006017)

Jan 10, 2013

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blog.fireeye.com / research/2013/01/happy-new-year-from-new-java-zero-day.html
Not Applicable
blog.fuseyism.com / index.php/2013/01/15/security-icedtea-2-1-4-2-2-4-2-3-4-released
Broken Link
immunityproducts.blogspot.ca / 2013/01/confirmed-java-only-fixed-one-of-two.html
Third Party Advisory
krebsonsecurity.com / 2013/01/zero-day-java-exploit-debuts-in-crimeware
Third Party Advisory
labs.alienvault.com / labs/index.php/2013/new-year-new-java-zeroday
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
malware.dontneedcoffee.com / 2013/01/0-day-17u10-spotted-in-while-disable.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0156.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0165.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2013/Jan/48
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
partners.immunityinc.com / idocs/Java%20MBeanInstantiator.findClass%200day%20Analysis.pdf
Broken Link
threatpost.com / en_us/blogs/nasty-new-java-zero-day-found-exploit-kits-already-have-it-011013
Not Applicable
wiki.mageia.org / en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0018
Third Party Advisory
www-304.ibm.com / connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/oracle_java_7_security_manager_bypass_vulnerability_cve_2013_04224
Not Applicable
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/625617
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Not Applicable
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-0422-1896849.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1693-1
Third Party Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA13-010A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource