CVE-2013-0422

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

97.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2013-01-10 21:23Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-12-07

Assigning CNA

oracle

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1a4b0fa92aa05f2de3e46669ac032da33e1dee738d2c086458edc195ce620918

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0156http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0156.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• malware.dontneedcoffee.comhttp://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2013/01/0-day-17u10-spotted-in-while-disable.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:095http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• blog.fuseyism.comhttp://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/01/15/security-icedtea-2-1-4-2-2-4-2-3-4-released/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0199http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00025.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0165http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0165.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#625617http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.us-cert.govTA13-010Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-010A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• partners.immunityinc.comhttps://partners.immunityinc.com/idocs/Java%20MBeanInstantiator.findClass%200day%20Analysis.pdfx_refsource_MISC
• blog.fireeye.comhttp://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/01/happy-new-year-from-new-java-zero-day.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www-304.ibm.comhttps://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/oracle_java_7_security_manager_bypass_vulnerability_cve_2013_04224?lang=en_usx_refsource_MISC
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1693-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1693-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• wiki.mageia.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0018x_refsource_CONFIRM
• immunityproducts.blogspot.cahttp://immunityproducts.blogspot.ca/2013/01/confirmed-java-only-fixed-one-of-two.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• threatpost.comhttps://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/nasty-new-java-zero-day-found-exploit-kits-already-have-it-011013x_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20130110 [SE-2012-01] 'Fix' for Issue 32 exploited by new Java 0-day codehttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jan/48mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-0422-1896849.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• krebsonsecurity.comhttp://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/zero-day-java-exploit-debuts-in-crimeware/x_refsource_MISC
• labs.alienvault.comhttp://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2013/new-year-new-java-zeroday/x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0422government-resource