Unspecified vulnerability in the Deployment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to "how Web Start retrieves security policies," BasicServiceImpl, and forged policies that bypass sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2010-3563
Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 89% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.5% of all CVEs). Confidence: see factors.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 84%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 9.0(low)
- EPSS
- 99.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 19, 2010
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (28)
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c02616748
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://secunia.com/advisories/44954
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114315
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100123193
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2010-176258.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0770.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0987.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0880.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43999
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-202/
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12181
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12554
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c02616748
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2010-3563(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2011:0880Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Network Satellite server IBM Java Runtime security update
- RHSA-2010:0987Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-ibm security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2010:0770Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-sun security update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.9.1-1jpp.1.el5 | 2011-06-16 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.9.0-1jpp.3.el5 | 2010-12-15 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.22-1jpp.1.el5 | 2010-10-14 | 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.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16495✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 22, 2011
Sun Java Web Start BasicServiceImpl - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/java_basicservice_impl✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 12, 2010
Sun Java Web Start BasicServiceImpl Code Execution
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