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CVE-2011-3556

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CVE-2011-3556 is an unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component affecting Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE versions 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, 1.4.2_33 and earlier, and JRockit R28.1.4 and earlier, specifically related to RMI. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity, as it allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit, demonstrating readily available exploit code. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= r28.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r28.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r28.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
76.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Java RMI Server Insecure Default Configuration Java Code Execution · Oct 15, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-17535 · Jul 15, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7624 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (18)

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: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.0-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4
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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-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.0-1jpp.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
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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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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL 4 for SAPFixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.11.sap-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL 5 for SAPFixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.11.sap-1jpp.1.el5
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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-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.0-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el5
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3556Critical

OpenJDK: RMI DGC server remote code execution (RMI, 7077466)

Oct 18, 2011

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00049.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00051.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
osvdb.org / 76505
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
secunia.com / advisories/48308
secunia.com / advisories/48692
secunia.com / advisories/49198
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/70837
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14316
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/597809
ibm.com / developerworks/java/jdk/alerts
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1384.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1478.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2012-0006.html
securityfocus.com / bid/50231
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1263-1