CVE-2013-0431: Oracle JRE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-25
EPSS: 90.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-01-31 · updated 2026-10-02
Weakness: CWE-693

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, and OpenJDK 7, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox via unspecified vectors related to JMX, aka "Issue 52," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1490.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0, 1.7.0-update1, 1.7.0-update10, 1.7.0-update11, 1.7.0-update2, 1.7.0-update3 (+5)
containers/openjdk: 7

References

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/
http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/195
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729

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