Red Hat JBoss Enterprise up to 5.1.9 SecurityAssociation.getCredential access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise up to 5.1.9. This affects the function SecurityAssociation.getCredential. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3370. There is no exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise up to 5.1.9 (Application Server Software). This issue affects the function SecurityAssociation.getCredential. 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, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The SecurityAssociation.getCredential method in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.2.0, Web Platform (EWP) 5.2.0, and BRMS Platform before 5.3.1 returns the credentials of the previous user when a security context is not provided, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges as other users.

The weakness was shared 01/24/2013 by Carlo de Wolf (vlet) with Red Hat as Bug#83456 as confirmed bug report (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3370 since 06/14/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64078 (RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2013:0191)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81513), Tenable (64078), SecurityFocus (BID 57550†), OSVDB (89581†) and Secunia (SA51984†). The entries VDB-4547, VDB-5576, VDB-5930 and VDB-7468 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 64078
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2013:0191)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug#83456
Researcher: Carlo de Wolf (vlet)
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3370 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3370
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7499
X-Force: 81513 - JBoss Enterprise Application Platform SecurityAssociation.getCredential() information disclosure, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 57550 - JBoss Enterprise Application Platform CVE-2012-3370 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 51984 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 89581
SecurityTracker: 1028042 - JBoss Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Hijack User Sessions or Credentials, and Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 47195 - Multiple Jboss Products Remote Host Privilege in a Security Context, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/31/2013 17:12
Updated: 04/22/2021 17:04
Changes: 01/31/2013 17:12 (77), 09/16/2017 10:24 (6), 04/22/2021 17:04 (3)
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