SB2019121848 - Improper Privilege Management in JBoss Application Server
Published: December 18, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121848
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2312)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
An Elevated Privileges issue exists in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to the improper implementation in the security context propagation, A threat gets reused from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used, which lets a local user obtain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.