CVE-2010-0840

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“—” 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.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2010-0865 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 96%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified)Exposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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."

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
99
EG 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
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available.
Web page

Secunia Research & Vulnerability Insights | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
Web page

Secunia Research & Vulnerability Insights | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/39292
Web page

'[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
Web page

'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02524 SSRT100089 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Execution of Arbitrary' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2

Patch Availability(9)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre-lib (6b12-0ubuntu6.7) @ intrepid2026-11-02ubuntu
redhatjava-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el52010-08-02redhat
redhatjava-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el52010-07-29redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el52010-06-17redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el42010-06-14redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el52010-04-29redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.11.b16.el52010-04-01redhat

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)

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.

  1. 2026-11-03 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-03 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-03 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-02 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-11-02 14:17 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-02 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-11-01 12:44 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-11-01 12:44 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-11-01 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-31 11:11 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-31 11:11 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-31 11:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-29 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-29 08:07 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-29 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-28 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-10-28 06:32 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-28 06:32 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-28 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-27 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-27 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-27 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  1. 2026-10-26 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-26 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-10-25 20:20 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-25 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-25 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-25 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-25 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-24 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-24 00:21 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-24 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-10-22 22:48 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-22 22:48 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-22 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-21 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-21 21:16 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-21 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-21 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  18. 2026-10-20 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-20 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-20 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-18 16:34 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-18 16:34 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-18 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  27. 2026-10-18 11:39 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-17 15:00 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-17 15:00 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-17 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  31. 2026-10-16 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  32. 2026-10-16 13:25 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-10-16 13:25 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-16 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  35. 2026-10-15 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  36. 2026-10-15 11:53 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-15 11:53 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-15 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  39. 2026-10-14 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  40. 2026-10-14 10:20 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-10-14 10:20 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-14 10:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  43. 2026-10-13 08:48 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-13 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  45. 2026-10-12 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-10-12 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-12 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  48. 2026-10-12 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-12 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  50. 2026-10-11 22:35 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-10-11 22:35 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-10-11 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  53. 2026-10-11 18:17 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-10-11 18:17 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-11 18:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  56. 2026-10-11 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-10-11 14:00 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-11 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  59. 2026-10-11 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-10-11 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  61. 2026-10-11 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-11 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  63. 2026-10-11 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-10-11 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  65. 2026-10-10 20:44 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-10-10 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  67. 2026-10-10 16:27 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-10 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  69. 2026-10-10 12:09 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-10-10 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  71. 2026-10-10 07:52 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-10-10 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  73. 2026-10-10 03:34 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-10 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8rrv-3xx7-wmfc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  75. 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✓ verified
    Published Dec 15, 2010

    Java - 'Statement.invoke()' Trusted Method Chain (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/java_trusted_chain✓ verified
    Published Aug 21, 2010

    Java Statement.invoke() Trusted Method Chain Privilege Escalation

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2010-0840?
CVE-2010-0840 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 1, 2010. 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…
When was CVE-2010-0840 made public?
CVE-2010-0840 was made public on March 30, 2010: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Oracle, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on April 1, 2010. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 21, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2010-0840 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2010-0840 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, affecting Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE). KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2010-0840?
CVE-2010-0840 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2010-0840?
CVE-2010-0840 affects Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
How do I remediate CVE-2010-0840?
A fix for CVE-2010-0840 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2010-0840 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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