CVE-2017-12167 Information disclosure in EAP-7

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local users can read world-readable configuration files to obtain sensitive user-to-role mapping information in Red Hat JBoss EAP.

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

What is CVE-2017-12167?

CVE-2017-12167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 26 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

It was found in EAP 7 before 7.0.9 that properties based files of the management and the application realm configuration that contain user to role mapping are world readable allowing access to users and roles information to all the users logged in to the system.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12167?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12167?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-12167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5gp7-3qfp-8548.

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