SB2019111902 - Privilege escalation in Infinispan
Published: November 19, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019111902
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Unsafe reflection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10174)
CWE-ID: CWE-470 - Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to Infinispan uses an insecure invokeAccessibly method from ReflectionUtil class that allows to invoke other private methods. A local user can abuse this functionality to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of Infinispan process.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.