Vulnerability in VMware Springsource Spring Security
CVE-2011-2731
Race condition in the RunAsManager mechanism in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.7 and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 stores the Authentication object in the shared security context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted thread.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Springsource Spring Security — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731 (Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/55155 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151 (vdb-entry)