Oracle JRE up to 1.6.0 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle JRE up to 1.6.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier, 6 Update 35 and earlier, 5.0 Update 36 and earlier, and 1.4.2_38 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Libraries.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-5079 since 09/22/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 12/19/2021). 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 69626 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2012-136)), 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 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 (79433) and Tenable (69626). See 8581, 8582, 62718 and 62717 for similar entries.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 69626
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2012-136)
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OpenVAS ID: 881526
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2012:1384 centos6
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:1384
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2012-5079 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79433
Vulnerability Center: 36722 - [javacpuoct2012-1515924] Oracle JRE in Java SE Unspecified Remote Vulnerability related to Library - CVE-2012-5079, Medium
SecurityFocus: 56082 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-5079 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/19/2021 10:29
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (59), 04/19/2017 10:31 (16), 12/19/2021 10:24 (2), 12/19/2021 10:29 (2)
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