CVE-2012-4681

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

98.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-06.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-08-28 00:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-06 03:55Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-08-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a1545c8ae0023e6d556fa78131188e54d99055ca4c71cdecde2e3b98a21b0110

• blog.fireeye.comhttp://blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/08/zero-day-season-is-not-over-yet.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1398http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1231http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00032.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.us-cert.govTA12-240Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-240A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• labs.alienvault.comhttp://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/new-java-0day-exploited-in-the-wild/x_refsource_MISC
• marc.infoSSRT100970http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135109152819176&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• community.rapid7.comhttps://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/08/27/lets-start-the-week-with-a-new-java-0dayx_refsource_MISC
• www.deependresearch.orghttp://www.deependresearch.org/2012/08/java-7-vulnerability-analysis.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1225http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1225.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• immunityproducts.blogspot.comhttp://immunityproducts.blogspot.com/2012/08/java-0day-analysis-cve-2012-4681.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• secunia.com51044http://secunia.com/advisories/51044third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.com55213http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55213vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-4681government-resource