MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-5884

Jre vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; Java SE Embedded 7u45; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to CORBA. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that the issue is related to an incorrect check for code permissions by CORBA stub factories.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Jre
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2014-01-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-5884

  • Confirm whether Oracle Jre is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-5884.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2013-5884

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2013-5884 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2013-5884?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2013-5884.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.