CVE-2010-0840

Summary

CVE-2010-0840 is a vulnerability affecting the Oracle Java Runtime Environment in versions 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25. The issue remains unspecified, but it allows remote attackers to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. According to March 2010 CPU, the issue may be related to improper checks when executing privileged methods in the JRE. A reliable researcher claims that this vulnerability can be exploited through an untrusted object extending a trusted class without modifying a specific method, or through a similar trust issue with interfaces, enabling arbitrary code execution. Oracle has yet to comment on these findings.

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