CVE-2016-0603
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE component in Oracle Java SE 6u111, 7u95, 8u71, and 8u72, when running on Windows, allows remote…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 83008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0603-2874360.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160210 [CVE-2016-0602, CVE-2016-0603] Executable installers are vulnerable^WEVIL (case 24): Oracle Java 6/7/8 SE and VirtualBox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20160205 [CVE-2016-0602, CVE-2016-0603] Executable installers are vulnerable^WEVIL (case 24): Oracle Java 6/7/8 SE and VirtualBox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1034969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160217-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2016-0638 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-0603)Record last updated .