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CVE-2013-1489

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1489 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 10 and 11, affecting Windows users running Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Chrome. This critical flaw allows remote attackers to bypass the "Very High" security setting in the Java Control Panel, enabling the execution of unsigned Java code without user interaction. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries are noted, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 indicates significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:windows:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:windows:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:windows:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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
7.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0764 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.13-1jpp.1.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.13-1jpp.3.el6_3
View patch
oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1489Low

7: bypass of the security level setting in browser plugin (Deployment, SE-2012-01 Issue 53)

Jan 27, 2013

References

blogs.computerworld.com / malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/241
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15906
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19171
thenextweb.com / insider/2013/01/28/new-vulnerability-bypasses-oracles-attempt-to-stop-malware-drive-by-downloads-via-java-applets
informationweek.com / security/application-security/java-security-work-remains-bug-hunter-sa/240147150
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/858729
US Government Resource
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html
Vendor Advisory
scmagazine.com.au / News/330453%2Cjava-still-unsafe-new-flaws-discovered.aspx
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html
US Government Resource
zdnet.com / java-update-doesnt-prevent-silent-exploits-at-all-7000010422