Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 EL4 mod_negotiation processInvocation access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 EL4. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects the function processInvocation of the component mod_negotiation. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4550. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 EL4 (Application Server Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function processInvocation of the component mod_negotiation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) before 6.0.1, when using role-based authorization for Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) access, does not call the intended authorization modules, which prevents JACC permissions from being applied and allows remote attackers to obtain access to the EJB.

The weakness was disclosed 12/18/2012 by Josef Cacek with Red Hat JBoss EAP Quality Engineering Team as 870871 as confirmed changelog entry (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Red Hat. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4550 since 01/24/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 50 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64071 (RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2012:1591)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 6.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at redhat.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81002), Tenable (64071), SecurityFocus (BID 56992†), OSVDB (88523†) and Secunia (SA51607†). The entries VDB-7188, VDB-9602, VDB-61012 and VDB-63334 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 64071
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2012:1591)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.1

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01/24/2008 🔍
10/29/2012 +1740 days 🔍
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12/18/2012 +50 days 🔍
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12/19/2012 +1 days 🔍
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12/24/2012 +4 days 🔍
01/04/2013 +11 days 🔍
11/20/2014 +685 days 🔍
04/20/2021 +2343 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: 870871
Researcher: Josef Cacek
Organization: Red Hat JBoss EAP Quality Engineering Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4550 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4550
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7187
X-Force: 81002 - JBoss Enterprise Application Platform modules security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 56992 - JBoss Enterprise Application Platform CVE-2012-4550 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 51607 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 88523
Vulnerability Center: 47200 - JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Before 6.0.1 Remote Security Restrictions Bypass, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/20/2012 15:16
Updated: 04/20/2021 12:20
Changes: 12/20/2012 15:16 (84), 06/12/2017 08:36 (3), 04/20/2021 12:20 (3)
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