Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to improper checks when executing privileged methods in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an untrusted object that extends the trusted class but has not modified a certain method, or (2) "a similar trust issue with interfaces," aka "Trusted Methods Chaining Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
CVE-2010-0840
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
Also known asEUVD-2010-0865 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low mission impact
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 99EG Risk 99/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity98% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation100% × 40%Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high. - EPSS PROB
- 96%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 96% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Act at medium mission impactAttend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.
A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”
Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0840
Published
April 1, 2010
Last Modified
April 21, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Oct 29, 2026'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02799 SSRT100867 rev.1 - HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) v9.0x Running JD' - MARC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02524 SSRT100089 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Execution of Arbitrary' - MARC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2Vendor Advisories for CVE-2010-0840(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2010:0338Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-sun security update
- RHSA-2010:0337Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-sun security update
- RHSA-2010:0339Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | openjdk-6-jre-lib (6b12-0ubuntu6.7) @ intrepid | 2026-11-02 | ubuntu |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5 | 2010-08-02 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5 | 2010-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5 | 2010-06-17 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4 | 2010-06-14 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5 | 2010-04-29 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el5 | 2010-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el5 | 2010-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.11.b16.el5 | 2010-04-01 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0383CRITICAL2010-03-30
RHSA-2010:0383 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0471CRITICAL2010-03-30
RHSA-2010:0471 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0489CRITICAL2010-03-30
RHSA-2010:0489 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0574CRITICAL2010-03-30
RHSA-2010:0574 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0586CRITICAL2010-03-30
RHSA-2010:0586 — Critical
- UbuntuUSN-923-1MEDIUM
OpenJDK vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 155× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 1,678 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,578 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-03 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-03 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-03 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-11-02 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-02 14:17 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-02 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-11-01 12:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-01 12:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-01 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-31 11:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-31 11:11 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-31 11:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-29 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-29 08:07 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-29 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-28 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-28 06:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-28 06:32 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-28 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-27 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-27 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-27 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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- 2026-10-26 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-26 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-25 20:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-25 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-25 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-24 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 00:21 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-24 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-22 22:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 22:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-22 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-21 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-21 21:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-21 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-21 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-20 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-20 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-20 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-18 16:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-18 16:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-18 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-18 11:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 15:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 15:00 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-17 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-16 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-16 13:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-16 13:25 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-16 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-15 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-15 11:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-15 11:53 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-15 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-14 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-14 10:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 10:20 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-14 10:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-13 08:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-12 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-12 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-12 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-12 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-12 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-11 22:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 22:35 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-11 18:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 18:17 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 18:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-11 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 14:00 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-11 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-11 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-11 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-10 20:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-10 16:27 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-10 12:09 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-10 07:52 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-10 03:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-09 23:17 UTCVendor advisory
Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16297✓ verifiedPublished Dec 15, 2010
Java - 'Statement.invoke()' Trusted Method Chain (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/java_trusted_chain✓ verifiedPublished Aug 21, 2010
Java Statement.invoke() Trusted Method Chain Privilege Escalation
Open source ↗
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