Sun JRE up to 1.6.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Sun JRE. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-0840. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sun JRE (Programming Language Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to improper checks when executing privileged methods in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an untrusted object that extends the trusted class but has not modified a certain method, or (2) "a similar trust issue with interfaces," aka "Trusted Methods Chaining Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 04/01/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0840. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47043 (RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2010:0489)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165594 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update IBM Java 6 (SUSE-SA:2010:026)). This issue was added on 05/25/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 06/15/2022:

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10985.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (16297), Tenable (47043), SecurityFocus (BID 39065†), Secunia (SA39659†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25251†). The entries VDB-52528, VDB-52527, VDB-52526 and VDB-52525 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
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Nessus ID: 47043
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2010:0489)
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OpenVAS ID: 880601
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2010:0339 centos5 i386
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MetaSploit ID: java_trusted_chain.rb
MetaSploit Name: Java Statement.invoke() Trusted Method Chain Privilege Escalation
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Suricata ID: 2014160
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06/18/2010 +75 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1735 days 🔍
04/22/2026 +4052 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0840 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0840
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52524

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SecurityFocus: 39065 - Oracle Java SE and Java for Business JRE Trusted Method Chaining Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 39659
Vulnerability Center: 25251 - [javacpumar2010-083341] Sun SDK, JRE and JDK Remote Java Runtime Environment Unspecified Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 04/22/2026 05:26
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (77), 02/22/2017 10:55 (8), 09/06/2021 21:39 (4), 09/06/2021 21:53 (1), 04/26/2024 13:47 (24), 06/28/2024 21:18 (12), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 12/23/2024 04:44 (3), 04/06/2025 08:28 (1), 04/22/2026 05:26 (12)
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