`CVE-2012-4820` IBM Java

Affected software	IBM Java
Severity	9.3 High CVSS 2.0
Published	11 Jan 2013
Updated	16 Jun 2026

Description

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."

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 5.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

Protection none
Action not pursued
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 No source fix or exploit.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

16 products, 128 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	ibm	java	generic	≥ 1.4.2 and ≤ 1.4.2.13.13 · ≥ 5.0.0.0 and ≤ 5.0.14.0 · ≥ 6.0.0.0 and ≤ 6.0.11.0 · ≥ 7.0.0.0 and ≤ 7.0.2.0
nvd	ibm	lotus domino	generic	8.0 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.2 · 8.0.2.1 · 8.0.2.2 · 8.0.2.3 · 8.0.2.4 · 8.5.0 · 8.5.0.1 · 8.5.1 · 8.5.1.1 · 8.5.1.2 · 8.5.1.3 · 8.5.1.4 · 8.5.1.5 · 8.5.2.0 · 8.5.2.1 · 8.5.2.2 · 8.5.2.3 · 8.5.2.4 · 8.5.3.0 · 8.5.3.1 · 8.5.3.2
nvd	ibm	lotus notes	generic	8.0 · 8.0.0 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.2 · 8.0.2.0 · 8.0.2.1 · 8.0.2.2 · 8.0.2.3 · 8.0.2.4 · 8.0.2.5 · 8.0.2.6 · 8.5 · 8.5.0.0 · 8.5.0.1 · 8.5.1 · 8.5.1.0 · 8.5.1.1 · 8.5.1.2 · 8.5.1.3 · 8.5.1.4 · 8.5.1.5 · 8.5.2.0 · 8.5.2.1 · 8.5.2.2 · 8.5.2.3 · 8.5.3 · 8.5.3.1 · 8.5.3.2 · 8.5.4
nvd	ibm	lotus notes sametime	generic	8.0.80407 · 8.0.80822 · 8.5.1.20100709-1631
nvd	ibm	lotus notes traveler	generic	8.0 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.1.2 · 8.0.1.3 · 8.5.0.0 · 8.5.0.1 · 8.5.0.2 · 8.5.1.1 · 8.5.1.2 · 8.5.1.3 · 8.5.2.1 · 8.5.3 · 8.5.3.1 · 8.5.3.2 · 8.5.3.3 · 8.5.3.3:interim_fix_1
nvd	ibm	rational change	generic	4.7 · 5.1 · 5.2 · 5.3
nvd	ibm	rational host on-demand	generic	1.6.0.12 · 8.0.8.0 · 9.0.8.0 · 10.0.9.0 · 10.0.10.0 · 11.0.3.0 · 11.0.4.0 · 11.0.5.0 · 11.0.5.1 · 11.0.6.0 · 11.0.6.1
nvd	ibm	service delivery manager	generic	7.2.1.0 · 7.2.2.0
nvd	ibm	smart analytics system 5600	generic	7200
nvd	ibm	smart analytics system 5600 software	generic	any version · 9.7
nvd	ibm	tivoli monitoring	generic	6.1.0 · 6.1.0.7 · 6.2.0 · 6.2.0.1 · 6.2.0.2 · 6.2.0.3 · 6.2.1 · 6.2.1.0 · 6.2.1.1 · 6.2.1.2 · 6.2.1.3 · 6.2.1.4 · 6.2.2 · 6.2.2.0 · 6.2.2.1 · 6.2.2.2 · 6.2.2.3 · 6.2.2.4 · 6.2.2.5 · 6.2.2.6 · 6.2.2.7 · 6.2.2.8 · 6.2.2.9 · 6.2.3 · 6.2.3.0 · 6.2.3.1 · 6.2.3.2
nvd	ibm	tivoli remote control	generic	5.1.2
nvd	ibm	websphere real time	generic	2.0 · 3.0
nvd	tivoli storage productivity center	5.0	generic	any version
nvd	tivoli storage productivity center	5.1	generic	any version
nvd	tivoli storage productivity center	5.1.1	generic	any version

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

ibm

java

generic

≥ 1.4.2 and ≤ 1.4.2.13.13 · ≥ 5.0.0.0 and ≤ 5.0.14.0 · ≥ 6.0.0.0 and ≤ 6.0.11.0 · ≥ 7.0.0.0 and ≤ 7.0.2.0

nvd

ibm

lotus domino

generic

8.0 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.2 · 8.0.2.1 · 8.0.2.2 · 8.0.2.3 · 8.0.2.4 · 8.5.0 · 8.5.0.1 · 8.5.1 · 8.5.1.1 · 8.5.1.2 · 8.5.1.3 · 8.5.1.4 · 8.5.1.5 · 8.5.2.0 · 8.5.2.1 · 8.5.2.2 · 8.5.2.3 · 8.5.2.4 · 8.5.3.0 · 8.5.3.1 · 8.5.3.2

nvd

ibm

lotus notes

generic

8.0 · 8.0.0 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.2 · 8.0.2.0 · 8.0.2.1 · 8.0.2.2 · 8.0.2.3 · 8.0.2.4 · 8.0.2.5 · 8.0.2.6 · 8.5 · 8.5.0.0 · 8.5.0.1 · 8.5.1 · 8.5.1.0 · 8.5.1.1 · 8.5.1.2 · 8.5.1.3 · 8.5.1.4 · 8.5.1.5 · 8.5.2.0 · 8.5.2.1 · 8.5.2.2 · 8.5.2.3 · 8.5.3 · 8.5.3.1 · 8.5.3.2 · 8.5.4

nvd

ibm

lotus notes sametime

generic

8.0.80407 · 8.0.80822 · 8.5.1.20100709-1631

nvd

ibm

lotus notes traveler

generic

8.0 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.1.2 · 8.0.1.3 · 8.5.0.0 · 8.5.0.1 · 8.5.0.2 · 8.5.1.1 · 8.5.1.2 · 8.5.1.3 · 8.5.2.1 · 8.5.3 · 8.5.3.1 · 8.5.3.2 · 8.5.3.3 · 8.5.3.3:interim_fix_1

nvd

ibm

rational change

generic

4.7 · 5.1 · 5.2 · 5.3

nvd

ibm

rational host on-demand

generic

1.6.0.12 · 8.0.8.0 · 9.0.8.0 · 10.0.9.0 · 10.0.10.0 · 11.0.3.0 · 11.0.4.0 · 11.0.5.0 · 11.0.5.1 · 11.0.6.0 · 11.0.6.1

nvd

ibm

service delivery manager

generic

7.2.1.0 · 7.2.2.0

nvd

ibm

smart analytics system 5600

generic

7200

nvd

ibm

smart analytics system 5600 software

generic

any version · 9.7

nvd

ibm

tivoli monitoring

generic

6.1.0 · 6.1.0.7 · 6.2.0 · 6.2.0.1 · 6.2.0.2 · 6.2.0.3 · 6.2.1 · 6.2.1.0 · 6.2.1.1 · 6.2.1.2 · 6.2.1.3 · 6.2.1.4 · 6.2.2 · 6.2.2.0 · 6.2.2.1 · 6.2.2.2 · 6.2.2.3 · 6.2.2.4 · 6.2.2.5 · 6.2.2.6 · 6.2.2.7 · 6.2.2.8 · 6.2.2.9 · 6.2.3 · 6.2.3.0 · 6.2.3.1 · 6.2.3.2

nvd

ibm

tivoli remote control

generic

5.1.2

nvd

ibm

websphere real time

generic

2.0 · 3.0

nvd

tivoli storage productivity center

5.0

generic

any version

nvd

tivoli storage productivity center

5.1

generic

any version

nvd

tivoli storage productivity center

5.1.1

generic

any version

References

URL	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1465.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1467.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Sep/38	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51326	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51327	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51328	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51393	Third Party Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2013-01-11	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2013-01-11

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 No exploit published 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

NVD ↗ · CVE.org ↗