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CVE-2011-3544

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3544 is a critical, unspecified vulnerability in the Scripting component of Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7 and 6 Update 27 and earlier, impacting products from Canonical, Oracle, Red Hat, and SUSE. This vulnerability allows remote, untrusted Java Web Start applications and applets to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on all security properties. The vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in the KEV catalog, and has publicly available Metasploit exploit modules (EDB-18171). It has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its widespread recognition and the ongoing threat it poses.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
96.71%
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 · Mar 3, 2022
Metasploit: Java Applet Rhino Script Engine Remote Code Execution · Oct 18, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-18171 · Nov 30, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9671 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 (12)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.0-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.23.1.9.10.el5_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.9.10.el6_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.0-1jpp.2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.0-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.3.0-1jpp.2.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el6_4
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3544Critical

OpenJDK: missing SecurityManager checks in scripting engine (Scripting, 7046823)

Oct 18, 2011

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00049.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing List
marc.info
Mailing List
marc.info
Mailing List
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48308
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/70849
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13947
Broken Link
ibm.com / developerworks/java/jdk/alerts
Product
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1384.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/50218
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1263-1
Third Party Advisory