National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2013-1490

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 11 (JRE 1.7.0_11-b21) allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox via unspecified vectors, aka "Issue 51," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0431. NOTE: as of 20130130, this vulnerability does not contain any independently-verifiable details, and there is no vendor acknowledgement. A CVE identifier is being assigned because this vulnerability has received significant public attention, and the original researcher has an established history of releasing vulnerability reports that have been fixed by vendors. NOTE: this issue also exists in SE 6, but it cannot be exploited without a separate vulnerability.

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External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20130122 Re: [SE-2012-01] Java 7 Update 11 confirmed to be vulnerable

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/525387/30/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717

Hyperlink:http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-flaws-in-latest/240146717

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20130122 Re: [SE-2012-01] Java 7 Update 11 confirmed to be vulnerable

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/195

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20130118 [SE-2012-01] Java 7 Update 11 confirmed to be vulnerable

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53

Hyperlink:http://blogs.computerworld.com/malware-and-vulnerabilities/21693/yet-another-java-security-flaw-discovered-number-53

External Source: MISC

Name: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/

Hyperlink:http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-vulnerabilies-confirmed-in-latest-version/