CVE-2012-5076
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
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 v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
The default Java security properties configuration did not restrict access to the com.sun.org.glassfish.external and com.sun.org.glassfish.gmbal packages. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
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Remediation due: 2022-04-18
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1386.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1391.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1467.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51390
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16641
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-5076
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