Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 5.0.0 twiddle.sh credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 5.0.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file twiddle.sh. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-5066. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 5.0.0 (Application Server Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file twiddle.sh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

twiddle.sh in JBoss AS 5.0 and EAP 5.0 and earlier accepts credentials as command-line arguments, which allows local users to read the credentials by listing the process and its arguments.

The weakness was published 08/13/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at issues.jboss.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-5066 since 04/05/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78946 (RHEL 5 : JBoss EWP (RHSA-2013:0196)), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (78946), SecurityFocus (BID 51392†) and Secunia (SA51984†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4547, VDB-7468, VDB-7469 and VDB-7499. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Nessus ID: 78946
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : JBoss EWP (RHSA-2013:0196)
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04/05/2011 🔍
12/30/2011 +269 days 🔍
08/13/2012 +227 days 🔍
08/13/2012 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2013 +164 days 🔍
01/25/2013 +1 days 🔍
11/08/2014 +652 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +135 days 🔍
12/07/2021 +2451 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:0196
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CVE: CVE-2009-5066 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-5066
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61575
SecurityFocus: 51392 - JBoss Cache 'NonManagedConnectionFactory.java' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 51984 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/07/2021 15:11
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/23/2019 22:37 (7), 12/07/2021 15:05 (3), 12/07/2021 15:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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