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CVE-2016-0603

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE component in Oracle Java SE 6u111, 7u95, 8u71, and 8u72, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Install. NOTE: the previous information is from Oracle's Security Alert for CVE-2016-0603. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this is an untrusted search path issue that allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dll in the "application directory."

Affected products

• Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update111, 1.7.0-update95, 1.8.0-update72
• Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update111, 1.7.0-update95, 1.8.0-update71, 1.8.0-update72

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/54
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0603-2874360.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537462/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83008
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034969
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-08
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160217-0001/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/54
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0603-2874360.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537462/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83008
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034969

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