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CVE-2012-1712

Severity10.0 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published21 Dec 2012
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Liferay component in Oracle Sun GlassFish Web Space Server before 10.0 Update 7 Patch 2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 13 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR path-traversal security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-22: Path Traversal.

How to mitigate CVE-2012-1712

Apply the vendor's fix. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its path traversal rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd oracle glassfish web space server10.0 generic update_7

References

URLTags
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1712_path_traversal

Timeline

Published2012-12-21By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.