CVE-2010-3552

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the New Java Plug-in component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.

Published: 2010-10-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3552 is rated High Exploit Risk (90/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.95%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2010-3552

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16587 exploit_db edb 2011-01-08 Exploit-DB ↗
15241 exploit_db edb 2010-10-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3552

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 2026-04-05 82.67% 82.95% +0.28%
2 2025-03-19 81.92% 82.67% +0.75%
3 2025-03-17 81.92%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3552

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3552

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3552

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2010-3552: 1 GLSA(s) (201111-02), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3552
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3552
ubuntu low CVE-2010-3552 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sun-java6), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): released 5, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3552

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-3552

Comment: Per: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2010-176258.html 'May be vulnerable only through untrusted Java Web Start applications and Java applets.'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3552

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun jre <= 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk <= 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update1_b06:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3552

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