CVE-2012-5076
Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, related to JAX-WS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 91.25% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 November 2012
- CISA KEV
- Listed 28 March 2022 · due 18 April 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- oracle/jre · suse/linux enterprise desktop
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 91.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5076
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1386.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1391.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1467.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51029Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51326Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51390Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16641Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1386.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1391.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1467.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51029Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51326Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51390Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16641Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-5076US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.