CVE-2009-1672 — The Deployment Toolkit ActiveX control in deploytk.dll 6.0.130.3 in Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (aka JRE) 6 Update 13 allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via a .jnlp URL in the argument to the launch method, and might allow remote attackers to launch JRE installation processes via the (2) installLatestJRE or (3) installJRE method

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The Deployment Toolkit ActiveX control in deploytk.dll 6.0.130.3 in Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (aka JRE) 6 Update 13 allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via a .jnlp URL in the argument to the launch method, and might allow remote attackers to launch JRE installation processes via the (2) installLatestJRE or (3) installJRE method

Published May 18, 2009

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 9.64%

Description

The Deployment Toolkit ActiveX control in deploytk.dll 6.0.130.3 in Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (aka JRE) 6 Update 13 allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via a .jnlp URL in the argument to the launch method, and might allow remote attackers to launch JRE installation processes via the (2) installLatestJRE or (3) installJRE method.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

9.64% 0.09643

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.09643

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	9.64% (0.09643)	95.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	9.64% (0.09643)	94.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	7.27% (0.07275)	90.79th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	11.00% (0.11001)	89.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	7.27% (0.07275)	90.99th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.50% (0.01497)	87.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 21, 2023	1.77% (0.01774)	86.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.10% (0.02104)	87.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.31% (0.06309)	90.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	90.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	77.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34931
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_mhxRKrtrPLyAHRFNm7QR.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitURL Repurposed
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50629
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8665
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34931		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_mhxRKrtrPLyAHRFNm7QR.html		x_refsource_MISCExploitURL Repurposed
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50629		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8665		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 18, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 18, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1672

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1672

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1672