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CVE-2012-5087: Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and…

CVE-2012-5087 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Oracle JRE, along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability 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, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Beans.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Oracle JRE: up to and including 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0 update1; 1.7.0 update2; 1.7.0 update3; 1.7.0 update4; 1.7.0 update5; 1.7.0 update6
  • Oracle JDK: up to and including 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0 update1; 1.7.0 update2; 1.7.0 update3; 1.7.0 update4; 1.7.0 update5; 1.7.0 update6

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