CVE-2016-8657 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

CWE-264CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Timeline
PublishedJul 31
Latest updateMay 14

Description

It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.

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 Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gqxm-5ghp-x5rj: It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8657: It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration↗2018-07-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation↗2016-10-10
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8657 jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation↗2016-11-30
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