CVE-2012-1723 vulnerability in Oracle and Other Products
Published on June 16, 2012
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2012-1723 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2012-1723 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.