CVE-2018-2599 is a vulnerability in the JNDI subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, affecting various versions including Java SE 6u171, 7u161, 8u152, 9.0.1, and Java SE Embedded 8u151. This medium-severity vulnerability, with a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 4.8, allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to achieve unauthorized data modification (insert, update, delete) and cause a partial denial of service. While difficult to exploit, it can be leveraged through multiple protocols, including sandboxed Java Web Start applications, applets, or by supplying data to APIs. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update161:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update152:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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