CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.3 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Oracle JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier, and 6 Update 35 and earlier, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment.
The weakness was presented 10/16/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3159 since 06/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/19/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72139 (GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185012 (HP-UX Running Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02832)).
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 databases at X-Force (79424) and Tenable (72139). See 5549, 5550, 7753 and 8581 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 72139
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 841202
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for openjdk-7 USN-1619-1
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: RHSA-2012:1391
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3159 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79424
Vulnerability Center: 36808 - [javacpuoct2012-1515924] Oracle JRE in Java SE Unspecified Remote Vulnerability Related to Deployment - CVE-2012-3159, High
SecurityFocus: 56072 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-3159 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 51326
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22Updated: 12/19/2021 08:42
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (67), 04/20/2017 10:30 (8), 12/19/2021 08:41 (3), 12/19/2021 08:42 (1)
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