Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA Incomplete Fix CVE-2016-8656 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2016-8656. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-12189. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA (Application Server Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2016-8656. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2017. The weakness was published 01/10/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-12189 since 08/01/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 155 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105560 (RHEL 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:0004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236611 (Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.9 (RHSA-2018:0002)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105560) and SecurityFocus (BID 102407†). Similar entries are available at VDB-106589 and VDB-107860. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 105560
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:0004)
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:0004
Researcher: Redhat.
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-12189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111695
SecurityFocus: 102407 - Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2018 16:23
Updated: 01/20/2023 14:17
Changes: 01/11/2018 16:23 (70), 12/22/2019 08:11 (5), 01/29/2021 17:05 (2), 01/20/2023 14:16 (3), 01/20/2023 14:17 (1)
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