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CVE-2012-5088

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5088 is a critical, unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier, affecting both the JDK and JRE components. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV, a Metasploit module for remote code execution via Java Applets exists, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite its high severity and exploit availability, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
78.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Java Applet Method Handle Remote Code Execution · Oct 16, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-24308 · Jan 24, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7870 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.3.el6_3.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.9-1jpp.3.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.3.0-1jpp.2.el6_3
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5088Critical

OpenJDK: MethodHandle insufficient access control checks (Libraries, 7196190)

Oct 16, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1386.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1391.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1467.html
secunia.com / advisories/51029
secunia.com / advisories/51326
secunia.com / advisories/51390
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79420
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16605
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html
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