Security bypass in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2013-2423

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6171

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2423

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness caused by weak access control on static classes. Tricking the victim into running a malicious Java applet a remote attacker can bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in security bypass.

Oracle Java SE

Install update from vendor's website.

• Exploit #1144 - Java Applet - Reflection Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1788 - Java Applet Reflection Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (March 18, 2020)

• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html

• Security bypass in Oracle Java SE