CVE-2013-6493

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6493
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-03 16:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.004820000 probability, percentile 0.381120000 (date 2026-07-06)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.4 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.5 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.6 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.4 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.5 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.6 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.7 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1010958 – (CVE-2013-6493) CVE-2013-6493 icedtea-web: insecure temporary file use flaw in LiveConnect implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
icedtea-web: 228e3652214a af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 icedtea.classpath.org Exploit, Patch
IcedTea-Web 1.4.2 released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.openjdk.java.net
openSUSE-SU-2014:0310-1: moderate: icedtea-web: 1.4.2 bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2131-1: IcedTea Web vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-sec: IcedTea-Web insecure temporary directory use - CVE-2013-6493 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Security Advisory SA57036 - SUSE update for icedtea-web - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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