CVE-2013-3009

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-3009  

The com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ClientDelegate class in IBM Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 SR13-FP18, 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 improperly exposes the invoke method of the java.lang.reflect.Method class, which allows remote attackers to call setSecurityManager and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors related to the AccessController doPrivileged block.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ClientDelegate class in IBM Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 SR13-FP18, 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 improperly exposes the invoke method of the java.lang.reflect.Method class, which allows remote attackers to call setSecurityManager and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors related to the AccessController doPrivileged block.

Find out more about CVE-2013-3009 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1060 2013-07-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1081 2013-07-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1081 2013-07-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1060 2013-07-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1059 2013-07-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1059 2013-07-15