CVE-2016-5406 Privilege escalation in n/a
Remote authenticated users can gain privileges in JBoss EAP due to failure to propagate administrative RBAC configuration to all slaves.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5406?
CVE-2016-5406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 26 Sep 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The domain controller in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x before 7.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to propagate administrative RBAC configuration to all slaves.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5406?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5406?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-5406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
- CVE-2017-12149 Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2010-1428 Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure
- CVE-2010-0738 Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2016-3690 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2017-7504 Deserialization in JBoss
All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5rw6-f2f7-548c.