Advisory Details

October 16th, 2013

Oracle Java LDAP Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-5830
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Java Runtime
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Java. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of LDAP deserialization. An attacker can use a custom LDAP server to create objects in restricted packages, and leverage this to disable the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code in the context of the user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-06-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-10-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Ben Murphy

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