CVE-2016-8656 — Improper Access Control in Jbossas

CWE-284 — Improper Access ControlCWE-264CWE-282 — Improper Ownership Management10 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.0
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Jboss JbossasRED HAT INC RED HAT Jboss Enterprise Application PlatformRedhat Enterprise Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 22
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5jboss/jbossasjbossas 5.2.0-23, jbossas 6.4.13, jbossas 7.0.5+2

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 6.0, 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-v2jx-53jj-4vjf: Jboss jbossas before versions 5↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-g689-52m8-86fh: It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8656: Jboss jbossas before versions 5↗2018-05-22
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CVEList
CVE-2017-12189: It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7↗2018-01-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)↗2018-01-03
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Red Hat
jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation↗2016-09-15
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12189 jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)↗2017-10-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8656 jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation↗2016-11-30
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