CVE-2013-0422

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2013-0433 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 97%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified)Exposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Java 7 before Update 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) using the public getMBeanInstantiator method in the JmxMBeanServer class to obtain a reference to a private MBeanInstantiator object, then retrieving arbitrary Class references using the findClass method, and (2) using the Reflection API with recursion in a way that bypasses a security check by the java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.checkSecurityManager method due to the inability of the sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass method to skip frames related to the new reflection API, as exploited in the wild in January 2013, as demonstrated by Blackhole and Nuclear Pack, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4681 and CVE-2012-3174. NOTE: some parties have mapped the recursive Reflection API issue to CVE-2012-3174, but CVE-2012-3174 is for a different vulnerability whose details are not public as of 20130114. CVE-2013-0422 covers both the JMX/MBean and Reflection API issues. NOTE: it was originally reported that Java 6 was also vulnerable, but the reporter has retracted this claim, stating that Java 6 is not exploitable because the relevant code is called in a way that does not bypass security checks. NOTE: as of 20130114, a reliable third party has claimed that the findClass/MBeanInstantiator vector was not fixed in Oracle Java 7 Update 11. If there is still a vulnerable condition, then a separate CVE identifier might be created for the unfixed issue.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
99
EG Risk 99/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high.
EPSS PROB
97%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
97% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Act at medium mission impactAttend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.

A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0422

Published

January 10, 2013

Last Modified

April 21, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 29, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available.
Web page🟡 PoC Available

Bugtraq: [SE-2012-01] 'Fix' for Issue 32 exploited by new Java 0-day code

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jan/48
Web page

0 day 1.7u10 (CVE-2013-0422) spotted in the Wild - Disable Java Plugin NOW !

http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2013/01/0-day-17u10-spotted-in-while-disable.html
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

Zero-Day Java Exploit Debuts in Crimeware – Krebs on Security

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/zero-day-java-exploit-debuts-in-crimeware/
Web page

Immunity Products: Confirmed: Java only fixed one of the two bugs.

http://immunityproducts.blogspot.ca/2013/01/confirmed-java-only-fixed-one-of-two.html

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-7-jre (7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1) @ quantal2026-11-01ubuntu
redhatjava-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.0-1jpp.2.el6_42013-03-11redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.el6_32013-01-16redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.11-1jpp.3.el6_32013-01-14redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(4)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 181× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-11-01 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-11-01 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-01 13:49 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-01 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-31 15:44 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-31 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-10-30 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-30 17:37 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-30 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-29 19:32 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-29 19:32 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-29 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-28 21:26 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-28 21:26 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-28 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-27 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-27 23:19 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-27 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-27 01:12 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-27 01:12 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-27 01:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-26 03:06 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-26 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-25 20:10 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-25 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-25 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-25 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-24 06:55 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-24 06:55 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-24 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-10-23 08:49 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-23 08:49 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-23 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-22 10:42 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-22 10:42 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-22 10:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-21 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
  14. 2026-10-21 12:35 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-21 12:35 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-21 12:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-20 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-20 14:28 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-20 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-19 16:22 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-19 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-18 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-18 18:16 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-18 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-10-18 11:22 UTCEG score recompute
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  27. 2026-10-17 20:08 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-17 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  29. 2026-10-16 22:01 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-16 22:01 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-16 22:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  32. 2026-10-16 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
  33. 2026-10-15 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-15 23:54 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-15 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  36. 2026-10-15 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
  37. 2026-10-15 01:48 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-15 01:48 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-15 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  40. 2026-10-14 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-10-14 03:42 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-10-14 03:42 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-14 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  44. 2026-10-13 05:35 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-10-13 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  46. 2026-10-12 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-12 07:29 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-12 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  49. 2026-10-12 03:21 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-10-12 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  51. 2026-10-11 23:12 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-10-11 23:12 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-11 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  54. 2026-10-11 19:06 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-10-11 19:06 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-11 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  57. 2026-10-11 15:00 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-10-11 15:00 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-11 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  60. 2026-10-11 10:54 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-10-11 10:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  62. 2026-10-11 06:46 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-10-11 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  64. 2026-10-11 02:40 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-11 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  66. 2026-10-10 22:34 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-10-10 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  68. 2026-10-10 18:28 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-10-10 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  70. 2026-10-10 14:23 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-10-10 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  72. 2026-10-10 10:18 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-10-10 10:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  74. 2026-10-10 06:13 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-10-10 06:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r293-6mhc-29xx · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 9.8

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-24045✓ verified
    Published Jan 11, 2013

    Java Applet JMX - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (1)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/java_jre17_jmxbean✓ verified
    Published Jan 10, 2013

    Java Applet JMX Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2013-0422?
CVE-2013-0422 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on January 10, 2013. Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Java 7 before Update 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) using the public getMBeanInstantiator method in the JmxMBeanServer class to obtain a reference to a private MBeanInstantiator object, then retrieving arbitrary Class references using…
When was CVE-2013-0422 made public?
CVE-2013-0422 was made public on January 10, 2013: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Oracle, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on January 10, 2013. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 21, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2013-0422 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2013-0422 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, affecting Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE). KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2013-0422?
CVE-2013-0422 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2013-0422?
CVE-2013-0422 affects Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
How do I remediate CVE-2013-0422?
A fix for CVE-2013-0422 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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