World Readable User Role Mapping Vulnerability in EAP 7 by Red Hat
CVE-2017-12167

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Eap-7
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 July 2018
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What is CVE-2017-12167?

In EAP 7, prior to version 7.0.9, a security flaw was identified where property-based configuration files for both management and application realms were set with world-readable permissions. This exposure allowed all authenticated users to access sensitive information regarding user-role mappings, potentially leading to unauthorized privilege escalation and compromising user data security.

Affected Version(s)

EAP-7 7.0.9

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0002
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0004
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2017-12167 : World Readable User Role Mapping Vulnerability in EAP 7 by Red Hat