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CVE-2009-1672

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The Deployment Toolkit ActiveX control in deploytk.dll 6.0.130.3 in Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (aka JRE) 6 Update 13 allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via a .jnlp URL in the argument to the launch method, and might allow remote attackers to launch JRE installation processes via the (2) installLatestJRE or (3) installJRE method.

Affected products

• Sun Jre: 6-update_13

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34931
• http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_mhxRKrtrPLyAHRFNm7QR.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50629
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8665
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34931
• http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_mhxRKrtrPLyAHRFNm7QR.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50629
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8665

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