# CVE-2017-12167: Information disclosure in EAP-7

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 26 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5gp7-3qfp-8548

## 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 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12167?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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-2017-12167 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12167 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-2017-12167/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12167/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12167
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12167
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12167

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