CVE-2020-14317 Privilege escalation in Wildfly
An attacker can modify the PID file to force the init script to terminate arbitrary processes as root, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-14317?
CVE-2020-14317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 2 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
It was found that the issue for security flaw CVE-2019-3805 appeared again in a further version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - Continuous Delivery (EAP-CD) introducing regression. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.
Weakness: CWE-364
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14317?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including wildfly. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
wildfly Bitnami | All versions | None |
Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Wildfly.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14317?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-14317 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14317 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 BIT-wildfly-2020-14317, GHSA-p2p6-fgmf-hp85.