Oracle JRE up to 1.6.0 information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle JRE up to 1.6.0 (Programming Language Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, 5.0 Update 33 and earlier, and 1.4.2_35 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, related to I18n.

The weakness was presented 02/15/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-0503 since 01/11/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/30/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69650 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2012-43)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185006 (HP-UX Running Java Remote Unauthorized Access Vulnerability (HPSBUX02784)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (69650). See 5000, 5200, 7354 and 60232 for similar entries.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 69650
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2012-43)
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OpenVAS ID: 71148
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2420-1 (openjdk-6)
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02/14/2012 +34 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:0135
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0503 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 34527 - [javacpufeb2012-366318] Oracle JRE Unspecified Vulnerability via Untrusted Java Web Start and Java Applets (Related to I18n), High
SecurityFocus: 52018 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-0503 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 48589 - HP-UX update for Java, Highly Critical

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/30/2021 07:32
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/19/2017 10:31 (14), 11/30/2021 07:21 (2), 11/30/2021 07:27 (1), 11/30/2021 07:32 (2)
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