Privilege escalation in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU23014

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14838

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to wildfly-core allows unnecessary write permissions for management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer roles. A remote authenticated user can modify server runtime state and escalate privileges within the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: 7.2.0 - 7.2.3

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3083

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.