CVE-2010-3573 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass Java security policies via malicious applets due to missing header validation in HttpURLConnection, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3573?
CVE-2010-3573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 19 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21 and 5.0 Update 25 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 downstream vendor that this is related to missing validation of request headers in the HttpURLConnection class when they are set by applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended security policy.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3573?
It affects 2 products.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3573?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2010-3573 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3573 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv45-8vp2-m2c8.