CVE-2010-0840

OpenJDK Applet Trusted Methods Chaining Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (6904691)

Published Apr 1, 2010 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 96.3% KEV · Listed
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to improper checks when executing privileged methods in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an untrusted object that extends the trusted class but has not modified a certain method, or (2) "a similar trust issue with interfaces," aka "Trusted Methods Chaining Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-923-1 OpenJDK vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39292 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39317 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39659 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39819 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40211 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43308 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171 cve-icon cve-icon
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-923-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpumar2010-083341.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0337.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0338.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0339.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0383.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0471.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0489.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510528/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39065 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1454 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1523 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-056 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0840 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13971 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9974 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0840 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0840 cve-icon
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Oct 22, 2025, 12:05 AM
Reserved
Mar 3, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 1, 2010, 4:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:16 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Mar 30, 2010, 12:00 AM