CVE-2012-3370 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can gain unauthorized privileges by exploiting a credential leakage flaw in JBoss security association handling.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-3370?

CVE-2012-3370 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 5 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SecurityAssociation.getCredential method in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 5.2.0, Web Platform (EWP) before 5.2.0, BRMS Platform before 5.3.1, and SOA 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3370?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3370?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2012-3370 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3370 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jrx8-2cjx-g9mh.

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