CVE-2013-3009

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ClientDelegate class in IBM Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 SR13-FP18, 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 improperly exposes the invoke method of the java.lang.reflect.Method class, which allows remote attackers to call setSecurityManager and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors related to the AccessController doPrivileged block.

Affected products

IBM Java: 1.4.2, 1.4.2.13, 1.4.2.13.1, 1.4.2.13.2, 1.4.2.13.3, 1.4.2.13.4 (+56)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1059.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1081.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/20
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/3

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