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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2013-2423

Java SE

Oracle / Java SE

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Severity
CVSS 3.7 · Low
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
85.2%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2013-2423 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE. Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Oracle / Java SE.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Java SE

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU.

Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

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Published
17 Apr 2013
Exploitation Reported
25 May 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

metasploit java cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 25 May 2022

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

Recorded 28 Apr 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-05-25 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_jre17_reflection_types.rb 28 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

3.7 Low

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

85.2%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Access Control CWE-284

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 3.7 Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 4.3 Medium

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Potential Proof of Concepts

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java_jre17_reflection_types

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2013-2423

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 15:02 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  2. 15:02 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. 15:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2013-2423",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 3.7,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.85215,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}