CVE-2012-4572
What it is
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 6.1.0 and JBoss Portal before 6.1.0 does not load the implementation of a custom authorization module for a new application when an implementation is already loaded and the modules share class names, which allows local users to control certain applications' authorization decisions via a crafted application.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 3.7 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform ≤ 6.0.1
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0.0
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0.1
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.0
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1
- Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 3.7
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
Raw vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Fix and advisories
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html