CVE-2012-0080
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM component in Oracle PeopleSoft Products 9.1 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Talent Acquisition Management.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Talent Acquisition Management allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity. As is common with Oracle Critical Patch Updates, technical vectors are not disclosed to prevent active exploitation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify PeopleSoft Enterprise versionAccess the PeopleSoft Enterprise 'About' page or system information interface. Navigate to PeopleTools > About in the application menu, or access the /ps/about page on the web server. Confirm the reported version number matches 9.1.Affected if Installed version is exactly 9.1
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Confirm HCM module is installedIn PeopleSoft Application Designer or through the PeopleTools Portal Structure Definitions, verify that Human Capital Management (HCM) modules are present. Check the installed component list for HCM-related product lines.Affected if HCM (Human Capital Management) module is installed and running
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Identify Talent Acquisition Management presenceCheck the PeopleSoft component registry for Talent Acquisition Management components. Access the PeopleSoft Application Designer and search for TAM-related menus (typically under 'Recruiting', 'Recruitment', or 'Talent Acquisition' menu paths). Verify if the Talent Acquisition Manager application is deployed.Affected if Talent Acquisition Management (TAM) application/framework is present in the environment
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Verify web access is enabledCheck the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA) configuration. Confirm the web tier is configured and accessible. Examine the web profile settings to determine if the vulnerability-facing pages are exposed via HTTP/HTTPS.Affected if Web (PIA) access to Talent Acquisition functionality is enabled and exposed to network users
User is affected if running PeopleSoft version 9.1 with the Talent Acquisition Management module installed and accessible via the web interface.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) containing the fix for CVE-2012-0080. Since this affects a web-facing HR application, verify the patch does not introduce regressions in Talent Acquisition workflows.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-0080 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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