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CVE-2010-1423· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in (a) Java NPAPI plugin and (b) Java Deployment Toolkit in Java 6 Update 10, 19, and ot

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Apr 15, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
55.6% · 99th percentile
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Action score

54

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
17 / 30 · 55.6%

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
oraclejdk
oraclejre

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • oracle jdkup to 1.6.0 inclusive
  • oracle jdk1.6.0
  • oracle jreup to 1.6.0 inclusive
  • oracle jre1.6.0

Same product

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Remediation

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Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal2010-04-09
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/browser/java_ws_arginject_altjvmSun Java Web Start Plugin Command Line Argument Injectionexploit2010-04-09

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-7 d
  2. Metasploit-7 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayOct 11, 2026+6023 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-78 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

    Fixed

    ts
    const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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