#VU23014 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Wildfly Core - CVE-2019-14838 

 

#VU23014 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Wildfly Core - CVE-2019-14838

Published: November 27, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23014
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Wildfly Core
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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