CVE-2013-6493

Public Exploit

Description

The LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1 vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/57036 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a patch exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6493?
CVE-2013-6493 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6493?
To fix CVE-2013-6493, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-6493 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-6493 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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