# CVE-2010-4450: Path traversal in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit an untrusted search path in the Java Launcher to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2011
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g2rr-vj8j-6grg

## What is CVE-2010-4450?

CVE-2010-4450 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 17 Feb 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier for Solaris and Linux; 5.0 Update 27 and earlier for Solaris and Linux; and 1.4.2_29 and earlier for Solaris and Linux allows local standalone applications to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Launcher.  NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2011 CPU.  Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is an untrusted search path vulnerability involving an empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4450?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Sun Jdk, Sun Jre, Sun Sdk.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4450?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2010-4450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk

- [CVE-2011-3521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3521/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3548](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3548/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3549/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3554/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0802/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4450 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4450 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 17 Feb 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Jdk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4450/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4450/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4450
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4450
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4450

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4450/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.