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CVE-2009-1672 EXPLOIT

9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.6% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The Deployment Toolkit ActiveX control in deploytk.dll 6.0.130.3 in Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (aka JRE) 6 Update 13 allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via a .jnlp URL in the argument to the launch method, and might allow remote attackers to launch JRE installation processes via the (2) installLatestJRE or (3) installJRE method.

Scoring

CVSS9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS9.64% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-05-18
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
sunjre

Public exploits

References

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