CVE-2010-0389

Exp

The admin server in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an HTTP request that lacks a method token.

Published: 2010-01-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0389 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.30% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0389

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0389

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 0.44% 1.74% +1.30%
2 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.44% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.49%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0389

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0389

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-0389

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/slices/2000.html CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0389

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:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:7.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0389

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