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CVE-2010-4452 is an unspecified vulnerability in the Deployment component of Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE), affecting Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier. According to the provided content, the flaw can be triggered remotely by untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets. The exact vulnerable function and root cause are not provided in the available material, but the issue resides in Java's deployment-related handling of untrusted content and results in a failure of the intended security model for sandboxed Java code.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/windows/browser/java_codebase_trust.rb) that exploits CVE-2010-4452, a vulnerability in Sun/Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) prior to version 6 update 24. The exploit abuses the Java applet 'codebase' and 'code' parameters to execute code outside the Java sandbox when the applet is loaded from a trusted directory and the code parameter is a URL without dots. The module sets up an HTTP server that serves a malicious Java applet (AppletX.class) to the victim. When the victim visits the attacker's server with a vulnerable browser and JRE, the applet is executed with elevated privileges, allowing arbitrary code execution. The payload is embedded in the Java class file and can be configured for reverse shells or other Metasploit Java payloads. The module is operational and requires the attacker to serve the applet and the victim to access it with a vulnerable configuration. The main fingerprintable endpoints are the default trusted codebase path (C:\Program Files\java\jre6\lib\ext) and the AppletX.class file served by the exploit.
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