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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jboss As 7 — versions AS 7 Community Release
- Red Hat Jboss Application Server — versions 7.1.0, 7.1.1
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 6.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2312 (Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2312 (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.