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CVE-2010-1423
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in (a) Java NPAPI plugin and (b) Java Deployment Toolkit in Java 6 Update 10, 19, and…
High9.3EPSS 55.6%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 55.6% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1023840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 63648 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20100409 Java Deployment Toolkit Performs Insufficient Validation of Parameters (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 39260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- jre-toolkit-command-execution(57615) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#886582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14090 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0853 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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