# CVE-2014-3586: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can read sensitive information from the CLI history file due to weak default permissions in Red Hat EAP and WildFly.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Apr 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q4g2-rhrf-wvj6

## What is CVE-2014-3586?

CVE-2014-3586 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 21 Apr 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The default configuration for the Command Line Interface in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform before 6.4.0 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) uses weak permissions for .jboss-cli-history, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3586?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-3586?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-3586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

- [CVE-2017-12149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12149/): Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-1428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1428/): Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0738/): Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass (low 3.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-3690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3690/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7504/): Deserialization in JBoss (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3586 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-3586 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 21 Apr 2015. 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-2014-3586 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-2014-3586/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3586/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3586
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3586
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3586

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