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CVE-2012-1675

77
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1675, known as "TNS Poison," is a critical vulnerability affecting Oracle Database 10g and 11g, as well as various Oracle Fusion Middleware, Enterprise Manager, and E-Business Suite products. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary database commands by registering a duplicate database instance or service name, enabling a man-in-the-middle attack to hijack existing database connections. With a CVSS score of 7.5 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity for a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for checking its presence, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its historical importance and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:11.1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:11.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Oracle TNS Listener Checker · Apr 18, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7763 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
blogs.oracle.com / security/entry/security_alert_for_cve_2012
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/204
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/343
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75303
VDB Entry
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/359816
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-1675-1608180.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53308
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry