CVE-2010-1423

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1423 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.95%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2010-1423

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41700 exploit_db edb 2010-04-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1423

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 2025-03-30 72.43% 68.95% -3.48%
2 2025-03-29 68.95% 72.43% +3.48%
3 2025-03-17 — 68.95% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1423

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1423

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1423

vendor priority summary link
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1423
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-1423 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sun-java6), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 4, DNE 1, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1423

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1423

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jdk <= 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update19:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre <= 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update19:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1423

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