Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WildFly by Red Hat
CVE-2019-3805

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Wildfly
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 May 2019

What is CVE-2019-3805?

A vulnerability in WildFly, up to version 16.0.0.Final, allows local users with permission to execute init.d scripts to influence process management on the system. By manipulating the PID file located in /var/run/jboss-eap/, an attacker could exploit this flaw to terminate any process as root, leading to potential system control.

Affected Version(s)

wildfly affects up to 16.0.0.Final

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3805
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108
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CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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