CVE-2010-1423
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in (a) Java NPAPI plugin and (b) Java Deployment Toolkit in Java 6 Update 10, 19, and…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 55.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in (a) Java NPAPI plugin and (b) Java Deployment Toolkit in Java 6 Update 10, 19, and other versions, when running on Windows and possibly on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) -J or (2) -XXaltjvm argument to javaws.exe, which is processed by the launch method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Sun Java Web Start Plugin Command Line Argument Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/java_ws_arginject_altjvmRank excellentdisclosed 9 Apr 2010
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun Java Web Start Plugin - Command Line Argument Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41700local, windowspublished 9 Apr 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 55.6% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1023840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 63648 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20100409 Java Deployment Toolkit Performs Insufficient Validation of Parameters (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 39260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- jre-toolkit-command-execution(57615) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#886582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14090 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0853 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1451 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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