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CVE-2012-4820

Unspecified vulnerability in the JRE component in IBM Java 7 SR2 and earlier, Java 6.0.1 SR3 and earlier, Java 6 SR11 an

Unspecified vulnerability in the JRE component in IBM Java 7 SR2 and earlier, Java 6.0.1 SR3 and earlier, Java 6 SR11 and earlier, Java 5 SR14 and earlier, and Java 142 SR13 FP13 and earlier.

as used in IBM Rational Host On-Demand, Rational Change, Tivoli Monitoring, Smart Analytics System 5600, Tivoli Remote Control 5.1.2, WebSphere Real Time, Lotus Notes & Domino, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, and Service Deliver Manager.

and other products from other vendors such as Red Hat, when running under a security manager, allows remote attackers to gain privileges by modifying or removing the security manager via vectors related to "insecure use of the java.lang.reflect.Method invoke() method.".

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.08461
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules6 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

8
ibm java>= 1.4.2 and <= 1.4.2.13.13
ibm java>= 5.0.0.0 and <= 5.0.14.0
ibm java>= 6.0.0.0 and <= 6.0.11.0
ibm java>= 7.0.0.0 and <= 7.0.2.0
ibm lotus dominoall versions
ibm lotus notesall versions

Sigma Hunt Rules

6
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Java Children Processes
producthighSuspicious Processes Spawned by Java.EXE
producthighSuspicious Shells Spawn by Java Utility Keytool
producthighJava Payload Strings
productmediumJava Running with Remote Debugging
productmediumShell Process Spawned by Java.EXE

Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@us.ibm.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD11 Jan 2013 · 12:55 AM

Vendor Advisories

6
rhsaRHSA-2013:1456Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2013:1455Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:1485Critical
rhsaRHSA-2012:1465Critical
rhsaRHSA-2012:1467Critical
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References & Sources

25
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Sep/38Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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