What is CVE-2012-2312?

CVE-2012-2312 is an Elevated Privileges issue in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to improper implementation in the security context propagation.

How does CVE-2012-2312 work?

CVE-2012-2312 allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges by reusing a threat from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used.

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2312?

CVE-2012-2312 has a severity rating of 7.8 (high).

Which systems are affected by CVE-2012-2312?

JBoss AS 7 Community Release, Redhat Jboss Application Server 7.1.0, Redhat Jboss Application Server 7.1.1, and Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.0-beta are affected by CVE-2012-2312.

How can I fix CVE-2012-2312?

There is no known fix or remedy for CVE-2012-2312 at the moment.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2012-2312

high

7.8

CWE

269

18/12/2019

6/8/2024

CVE-2012-2312

First published: Wed Dec 18 2019(Updated: )

An Elevated Privileges issue exists in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to the improper implementation in the security context propagation, A threat gets reused from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used, which lets a local user obtain elevated privileges.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Redhat Jboss Application Server	=7.1.0
Redhat Jboss Application Server	=7.1.1
Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform	=6.0.0-beta
debian/jbossas4

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What is CVE-2012-2312?
CVE-2012-2312 is an Elevated Privileges issue in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to improper implementation in the security context propagation.
How does CVE-2012-2312 work?
CVE-2012-2312 allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges by reusing a threat from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used.
What is the severity of CVE-2012-2312?
CVE-2012-2312 has a severity rating of 7.8 (high).
Which systems are affected by CVE-2012-2312?
JBoss AS 7 Community Release, Redhat Jboss Application Server 7.1.0, Redhat Jboss Application Server 7.1.1, and Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.0-beta are affected by CVE-2012-2312.
How can I fix CVE-2012-2312?
There is no known fix or remedy for CVE-2012-2312 at the moment.

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