Unspecified vulnerability in the Deployment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to "how Web Start retrieves security policies," BasicServiceImpl, and forged policies that bypass sandbox restrictions.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3563 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.76%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16495 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-01-22 | 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 | 2025-06-28 | 88.93% | 88.76% | -0.17% |
| 2 | 2025-05-30 | 89.06% | 88.93% | -0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 89.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2010-3563: 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-2010-3563 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3563 |
suse
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high | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3563/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2010-3563 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-2010-3563 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |