CVE-2012-1723

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-03-03

Actively exploited. CVE-2012-1723 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2012-1723 is indexed in Metasploit, Exploit-DB and GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

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.

CSIRTS triage

What: Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Who is affected: Users of Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment.
Urgency: Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
Action: Update Oracle Java SE to the latest version.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2012-1723 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.

MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2012-1723: Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03

External references

NVD record for CVE-2012-1723

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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