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CVE-2012-2672 json

Oracle Mojarra 2.1.7 does not properly "clean up" the FacesContext reference during startup, which allows local users to obtain context inf…

published 2012-06-17 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2654

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Oracle Mojarra 2.1.7 does not properly "clean up" the FacesContext reference during startup, which allows local users to obtain context information an access resources from another WAR file by calling the FacesContext.getCurrentInstance function.

Patch / fix

  • mojarra Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2672

  • xom jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.2.7-1._redhat_3.1.ep6.el6.6
  • dom4j jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.6.1-14_redhat_3.ep6.el6
  • guava jboss enterprise application platform 6 11.0.2-0.5.redhat_2.ep6.el6.6
  • httpd jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6
  • jaxen jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.1.3-8.redhat_2.ep6.el6.4
  • jtype jboss enterprise application platform 6 0.1.1-9_redhat_2.3.ep6.el6.4
  • juddi jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.1.3-2_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6.3
  • netty jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.2.6-2_redhat_2.2.ep6.el6.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1592RHSA-2012:1591

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2672 updated cvss 1.9

Mojarra: deployed web applications can read FacesContext from other applications under certain conditions

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server httpd 2.2.22-14.ep6.el5, mod_jk 1.2.36-5.1.ep6.el5, mod_ssl 2.2.22-14.ep6.el5, httpd-tools 2.2.22-14.ep6.el5, mod_jk-ap22 1.2.36-5.1.ep6.el5, wss4j 1.6.7-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5, +255 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1591
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server httpd 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6, mod_jk 1.2.36-5.ep6.el6, mod_ssl 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6, mod_jk-ap22 1.2.36-5.ep6.el6, httpd-tools 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6, tomcat-native 1.1.24-1.ep6.el6, +252 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1592
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1594

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • java.net http://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-2436 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.