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CVE-2012-1710
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-08-04
Oracle Fusion Middleware vulnerability
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Fusion Middleware WebCenter Forms Recognition Designer component allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
Active exploitation in the wild with ransomware campaign involvement. Remote attack vector with no authentication requirement specified. Affects core middleware infrastructure used by enterprises for forms and content management.
CISA KEV Yes · 2022-05-254Ransomware use Flagged4EPSS 0.11636 (verify live)5CVSS 9.8 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Impact: total3
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.11636 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Oracle, Fusion Middleware. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 3674 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify and exploit an unspecified design flaw in the WebCenter Forms Recognition Designer component accessible over the network.
Business
Enterprise loses control of middleware systems managing critical business forms and content workflows.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I gain remote code execution or unauthorized access through the Designer interface without requiring valid credentials.
Business
Attackers establish persistent presence in infrastructure, enabling data theft and system manipulation.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I deploy ransomware payloads across the compromised Fusion Middleware environment to encrypt business-critical data.
Business
Operations halt as ransomware encrypts databases, files, and backups; organization faces extortion demands and recovery costs.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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