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CVE-2013-2423

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.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a LOW severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.7, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts limited integrity, for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from oracle, from canonical, from opensuse organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-04-17T18:55:07.087

Last Modified

2025-10-22T01:15:49.143

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Secondary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes

References

http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/ Broken Link ([email protected])
http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16700 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16700 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2423 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For oracle's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.