`CVE-2012-3137` Oracle Database Server

Affected software	Oracle Database Server
Affected versions	10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3
Severity	6.4 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in	Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2012
Weakness	Improper authentication (CWE-287)
Published	21 Sep 2012
Updated	16 Jun 2026

Description

The authentication protocol in Oracle Database Server 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, and 11.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to obtain the session key and salt for arbitrary users, which leaks information about the cryptographic hash and makes it easier to conduct brute force password guessing attacks, aka "stealth password cracking vulnerability."

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC 3 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB, GitHub PoC; first seen 2012-10-18.
EPSS 31% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

2 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	Exploit for cve-2012-3137 Oracle challenge	4	2014-06-18
GitHub PoC	Attempts to exploit CVE-2012-3137 on vulnerable Oracle servers	3	2014-03-29
Exploit-DB	Oracle Database - Protocol Authentication Bypass		2012-10-18

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

Protection none
Action not pursued none
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q3	Oracle Primavera Products Suite / Web access (8.2, 8.3, 8.4)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2012 ↗	CPU	2012-Q4	Oracle Database Server / Core RDBMS (10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3) Oracle's note: The CVSS Base Score is 10.0 only for Windows. For Linux, Unix and other platforms, the CVSS Base Score is 7.5, and the impacts for Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are Partial+. For information, refer to Patching for CVE-2012-3137, My Oracle Support Note 1493990.1 In some configurations, client-side updates for Database, Enterprise Manager Grid Control, WebLogic Server and Fusion Middleware are recommended. For information on what patches need to be applied to your environments, refer to Critical Patch Update October 2012 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 1477727.1

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q3

Oracle Primavera Products Suite / Web access (8.2, 8.3, 8.4)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2012 ↗

CPU

2012-Q4

Oracle Database Server / Core RDBMS (10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3)
Oracle's note: The CVSS Base Score is 10.0 only for Windows. For Linux, Unix and other platforms, the CVSS Base Score is 7.5, and the impacts for Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are Partial+. For information, refer to Patching for CVE-2012-3137, My Oracle Support Note 1493990.1 In some configurations, client-side updates for Database, Enterprise Manager Grid Control, WebLogic Server and Fusion Middleware are recommended. For information on what patches need to be applied to your environments, refer to Critical Patch Update October 2012 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 1477727.1

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Database Server	Core RDBMS	10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3	10.2.0.3 · 10.2.0.4 · 10.2.0.5 · 11.1.0.7 · 11.2.0.2 · 11.2.0.3
Oracle Primavera Products Suite	Web access	8.2, 8.3, 8.4	8.2 · 8.3 · 8.4

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Database Server

Core RDBMS

10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3

10.2.0.3 · 10.2.0.4 · 10.2.0.5 · 11.1.0.7 · 11.2.0.2 · 11.2.0.3

Oracle Primavera Products Suite

Web access

8.2, 8.3, 8.4

8.2 · 8.3 · 8.4

Products and versions

2 products, 9 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	oracle	database server	generic	10.2.0.3 · 10.2.0.4 · 10.2.0.5 · 11.1.0.7 · 11.2.0.2 · 11.2.0.3
nvd	oracle	primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management	generic	8.2 · 8.3 · 8.4

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

oracle

database server

generic

10.2.0.3 · 10.2.0.4 · 10.2.0.5 · 11.1.0.7 · 11.2.0.2 · 11.2.0.3

nvd

oracle

primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management

generic

8.2 · 8.3 · 8.4

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** HTTP, WEB ACCESS, SEE NOTE 1, NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT, ORACLE NET **Products:** PRIMAVERA P6 ENTERPRISE PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, CORE RDBMS, ORACLE DATABASE SERVER, ORACLE PRIMAVERA PRODUCTS SUITE, ORACLE-SERVER

References

URL	Tags
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/oracle-database-stealth-password-cracking-vulnerability/	Press/Media Coverage
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/flaw-oracle-logon-protocol-leads-easy-password-cracking-092012?utm_source=Threatpost&utm_medium=Tabs&utm_campaign=Today%27s+Most+Popular	Press/Media Coverage
http://www.darkreading.com/authentication/167901072/security/application-security/240007643/attack-easily-cracks-oracle-database-passwords.html	Press/Media Coverage
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22069	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150	Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55651

URL

Timeline

Published	2012-09-21	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2012-09-21

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-16

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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