CVE-2012-1723
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Improper access control · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
9.8CVSS CRITICAL ● exploited ⚠ ransomware
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
⚠ Known use in ransomware campaigns. Added to KEV 2022-03-03. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-03-24.
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 update 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)94%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.htmlAdvisory
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-June/019076.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134496371727681&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0734.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51080
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlAdvisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615246
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:095