CVE-2012-5067

medium

Published 2012-10-16 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Deployment.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-22657 remote multiple verified

Metasploit · 2012-11-13

Java Applet - JAX-WS Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
oracle	jdk	`{"endIncluding":"1.7.0"}`
oracle	jdk	`1.7.0`
oracle	jre	`{"endIncluding":"1.7.0"}`
oracle	jre	`1.7.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.