Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in (a) Java NPAPI plugin and (b) Java Deployment Toolkit in Java 6 Update 10, 19, and other versions, when running on Windows and possibly on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) -J or (2) -XXaltjvm argument to javaws.exe, which is processed by the launch method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Published 2010-04-15 21:30:00
Updated 2022-05-13 14:52:59
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Execute code

Products affected by CVE-2010-1423

Threat overview for CVE-2010-1423

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2010-1423
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 90
IPs affected by CVE-2010-1423 936
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1423

93.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2010-1423

  • Sun Java Web Start Plugin Command Line Argument Injection
    Disclosure Date: 2010-04-09
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/browser/java_ws_arginject_altjvm
    This module exploits a flaw in the Web Start plugin component of Sun Java Web Start. The arguments passed to Java Web Start are not properly validated. By passing the lesser known -J option, an attacker can pass arbitrary options directly to the Java runtime. By ut

CVSS scores for CVE-2010-1423

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.3
HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2010-1423

References for CVE-2010-1423

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