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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-1672 json

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 att…

published 2009-05-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1667

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.6%
EPSS 9.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-8665)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8665 Java SE Runtime Environment JRE 6 Update 13 - Multiple Vulnerabilities dos, 2009-05-13
  • shinnai.net http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_mhxRKrtrPLyAHRFNm7QR.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34931 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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