CVE-2012-1675
The TNS Listener, as used in Oracle Database 11g 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, and 11.2.0.3, and 10g 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, and 10.2.0.5, as used in…
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Description
The TNS Listener, as used in Oracle Database 11g 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, and 11.2.0.3, and 10g 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, and 10.2.0.5, as used in Oracle Fusion Middleware, Enterprise Manager, E-Business Suite, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary database commands by performing a remote registration of a database (1) instance or (2) service name that already exists, then conducting a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack to hijack database connections, aka "TNS Poison."
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 77.4% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- SUSE-SU-2012:0765 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 53308 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1027000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20120428 Oracle TNS Poison vulnerability is actually a 0day with no patch available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/security_alert_for_cve_2012 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#359816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20120418 The history of a -probably- 13 years old Oracle bug: TNS Poison (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-1675-1608180.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oracledatabase-tnslistener-spoofing(75303) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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