# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9m2-844r-3389

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2312?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1094/): JBoss AS may expose root content if excluded-contexts list is mismatched (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-3734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3734/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2011-3609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3609/): Cross-site request forgery in JBoss Application Server (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2011-3606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3606/): Cross-site scripting in JBoss Application Server (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2312 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2312 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2312/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2312/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2312
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2312
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2312

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