Actively exploited · Published Oct 19, 2011 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2011-3544
Critical 9.8 Exploited
In plain English
A critical-severity improper access control in Java SE JDK and JRE from Oracle. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 96.7% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7 and 6 Update 27 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Scripting.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13947 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
- GLSA-201406-32 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- HPSBMU02799 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
- 48308 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- HPSBUX02730 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
- SUSE-SU-2012:0114 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- RHSA-2013:1455 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2011:1384 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- 50218 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- SSRT100867 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
- oracle-jre-scripting-unspecified(70849) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- 1026215 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- USN-1263-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-3544 government-resource