Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2012-4549
Published: January 5, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43213
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4549
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The processInvocation function in org.jboss.as.ejb3.security.AuthorizationInterceptor in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) before 6.0.1, authorizes all requests when no roles are allowed for an Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) method invocation, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for EJB methods.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4549
Install update from vendor's website.