Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Wildfly Core - CVE-2019-14838

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Wildfly Core - CVE-2019-14838

Published: November 27, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23014
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14838
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Wildfly Core

Detailed vulnerability 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-14838

Install updates from vendor's website.

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