Hibernate Validator up to 5.2.4 Security Manager access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Hibernate Validator up to 5.2.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component Security Manager. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-7536. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hibernate Validator up to 5.2.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Security Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Hibernate Validator 5.2.x before 5.2.5 final, 5.3.x, and 5.4.x, it was found that when the security manager's reflective permissions, which allows it to access the private members of the class, are granted to Hibernate Validator, a potential privilege escalation can occur. By allowing the calling code to access those private members without the permission an attacker may be able to validate an invalid instance and access the private member value via ConstraintViolation#getInvalidValue().

The bug was discovered 11/07/2017. The weakness was published 01/10/2018 with Red Hat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7536 since 04/05/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103526 (RHEL 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:2808)), 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 236976 (Red Hat Update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21 (RHSA-2018:2743)).

Upgrading to version 5.3.x or 5.4.x 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 (103526) and SecurityFocus (BID 101048†). Similar entries are available at VDB-80102, VDB-101525, VDB-112171 and VDB-116668. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 103526
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:2808)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hibernate Validator 5.3.x/5.4.x

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04/05/2017 🔍
09/26/2017 +174 days 🔍
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09/28/2017 +2 days 🔍
11/07/2017 +40 days 🔍
01/10/2018 +64 days 🔍
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01/11/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/20/2023 +1835 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2017:2808
Researcher: Gunnar Morling
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7536 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7536
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111715
SecurityFocus: 101048 - Red Hat Hibernate Validator CVE-2017-7536 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039744

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2018 16:28
Updated: 01/20/2023 14:36
Changes: 01/11/2018 16:28 (69), 12/22/2019 08:53 (5), 01/29/2021 18:06 (2), 01/29/2021 18:12 (1), 01/20/2023 14:36 (3)
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