CVE-2012-5076

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-10-16 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5076 is rated Critical Active Threat (98.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 91.44%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-03-28) affecting Oracle / Java SE. a weakness (CWE-284) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2012-5076

Name: Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-03-28

Action due: 2022-04-18

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5076

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24309 exploit_db edb 2013-01-24 Exploit-DB ↗
22657 exploit_db edb 2012-11-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5076

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-31 91.71% 91.44% -0.27%
2 2026-02-23 91.97% 91.71% -0.26%
3 2026-01-13 — 91.97% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5076

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5076

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5076

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2012-5076: 2 GLSA(s) (201401-30, 201406-32), 6 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/icedtea-bin, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-5076
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5076
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5076 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openjdk-7), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 4, DNE 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5076

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5076

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5076

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1386.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1391.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1467.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51029 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51326 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51390 Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16641 Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-5076 US Government Resource
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