Format string vulnerability in the WebDAV implementation in webservd in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers in the encoding attribute of the XML declaration in a PROPFIND request.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0388 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.18%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.23% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33560 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-01-22 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.95% | 7.18% | +5.23% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 2.81% | 1.95% | -0.86% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 2.81% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| sun | java_system_web_server | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:7.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* |