CVE-2013-2460

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Serviceability. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Java sandbox via vectors related to "insufficient access checks" in the tracing component.

Published: 2013-06-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2460 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.93%, 100th 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.

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-2013-2460

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26529 exploit_db edb 2013-07-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2460

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 2026-05-26 90.27% 90.93% +0.66%
2 2026-05-11 91.71% 90.27% -1.45%
3 2026-04-17 91.71%

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2460

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-2013-2460

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2460

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-2460: 2 GLSA(s) (201401-30, 201406-32), 6 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/icedtea-bin, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-2460
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2460
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2460 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openjdk-7), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, DNE 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2460

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-2460

Comment: Per: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html 'Applies to client deployment of Java only. This vulnerability can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets.'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jre <= 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk <= 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2460

URL Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0185.html
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/160cde99bb1a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545505800971&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54154
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642336
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:183
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-169A US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975122
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17116
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19129
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