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CVE-2012-5076

Oracle — Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

Oracle · CWE-284 · in CISA KEV since 2022-03-28

ExigentKEV since 2022 · listed over a yearCISA KEVActively Exploited
85

EVRS 85 of 100 Immediate

Out-of-Band / Urgent Remediation

Rank 400 of 2,962 tracked

Raised to the floor for a confirmed exploited vulnerability.

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Why it scores 85

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.912.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareDid not apply
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

No fixed version identified yet

CISA required action

Affected versions

  • jre1.7.0
  • linux enterprise desktop11

Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 9.8 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.912 (99.81st pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Unknown or none CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2022-04-18 · KEV since 2022 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. Public module exists Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 9.8 (v3.1), assigned by oracle. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

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.

What CISA says to do

Public module

Metasploit lists the best-ranked (excellent) of 2 public modules for this CVE: Java Applet AverageRangeStatisticImpl Remote Code Execution (multi/browser/java_jre17_glassfish_averagerangestatisticimpl). A module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.