CVE-2012-2312 Privilege escalation in JBoss
A local user can obtain elevated privileges in JBoss AS 7 due to improper security context propagation in the thread pool.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2312?
CVE-2012-2312 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2312?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Jboss Application Server, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2312?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2312 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-2312 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2312 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
- CVE-2012-1094 JBoss AS may expose root content if excluded-contexts list is mismatched
- CVE-2013-3734 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2011-3609 Cross-site request forgery in JBoss Application Server
- CVE-2011-3606 Cross-site scripting in JBoss Application Server
All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c9m2-844r-3389.