Oracle GlassFish Open Source Edition 5.0 Demo Feature Password hard-coded credentials

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8.5	$5k-$25k	0.00

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle GlassFish Open Source Edition 5.0 (Application Server Software). This affects an unknown function of the component Demo Feature. The manipulation of the argument password with the input value admin leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The demo feature in Oracle GlassFish Open Source Edition 5.0 has TCP port 7676 open by default with a password of admin for the admin account. This allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, perform database operations, or manipulate the demo via a JMX RMI session, aka a "jmx_rmi remote monitoring and control problem." NOTE: this is not an Oracle supported product.

The bug was discovered 04/20/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/16/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-14324 since 07/16/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/09/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 87 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Application Server Software

Vendor

Oracle

Name

GlassFish Open Source Edition

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/20/2018 🔍
07/16/2018 +86 days 🔍
07/16/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/16/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/09/2023 +1727 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: 22500⛔
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-14324 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-14324
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121527
SecurityTracker: 1041292

Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2018 09:45 AM
Updated: 04/09/2023 01:13 PM
Changes: 07/17/2018 09:45 AM (63), 03/05/2020 03:42 PM (2), 04/09/2023 01:13 PM (4)
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