Privilege escalation in Jboss As 7
CVE-2012-2312
An Elevated Privileges issue exists in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to the improper implementation in the security context propagation, A threat gets reused from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used, which lets a local user obtain elevated privileges.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Jboss As 7 — versions AS 7 Community Release
- Redhat Jboss_application_server — versions 7.1.0, 7.1.1
- Redhat Jboss_enterprise_application_platform — versions 6.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-2312?
- CVE-2012-2312 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jboss As 7, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-18.
- How severe is CVE-2012-2312?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.