CVE-2012-5076
Oracle Java SE: Sandbox Bypass
As of , CVE-2012-5076 in Oracle Java SE is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 28 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 18 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.91Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.84 on 28 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 2 Metasploit modules and 2 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from oracle
- CVE published
- 16 October 2012
- Assigned by
- oracle
- CVSS
- 9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-284
- Improper Access Control
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 22657).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 24309).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Java Applet AverageRangeStatisticImpl Remote Code Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Metasploit: Java Applet JAX-WS Remote Code Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Java Applet - AverageRangeStatisticImpl Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 24309, verified by Exploit-DB, 24 January 2013
- Exploit-DB: Java Applet - JAX-WS Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 22657, verified by Exploit-DB, 13 November 2012
Java SE: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-2465Unspecified | Oracle Java SE | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2012-0507Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution | Oracle Java SE | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.98; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.98 | ||
| CVE-2012-1723Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution | Oracle Java SE | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.94; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.94 | ||
| CVE-2012-4681Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution | Oracle Java SE | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2015-2590and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution | Oracle Java SE | Patch soon | 0.25 | ||
| CVE-2015-4902Integrity Check | Oracle Java SE | Patch soon | 0.14 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org