CVE-2010-1423
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in (a) Java NPAPI plugin and (b) Java Deployment Toolkit in Java 6 Update 10, 19, and other versions, when running on Windows and possibly on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) -J or (2) -XXaltjvm argument to javaws.exe, which is processed by the launch method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- EPSS score
- 55.6% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1451)
- Published
- April 15, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1451 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / jdk
- oracle / jdk
- oracle / jre
- oracle / jre
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-April/074036.html
- http://osvdb.org/63648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39260(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886582(US Government Resource)
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=1(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023840
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0853(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57615
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14090
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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