CVE-2020-14317: Medium severity jboss enterprise application platform vulnerability

Published Jul 7, 2020
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Updated

It was found that the issue for security flaw CVE-2019-3805 appeared again in a further version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - Continuous Delivery (EAP-CD) introducing regression. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.

Affected Software

2 affected components
redhat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
redhat Wildfly

Event History

Jul 7, 2020
Data Sourced
12:23 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jun 2, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:27 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:27 AM
DescriptionWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this security flaw?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-14317.

2

What software is affected by this vulnerability?

Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform and Redhat Wildfly are affected.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14317?

The severity of CVE-2020-14317 is medium.

4

What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) ID for this vulnerability?

The CWE ID for this vulnerability is 364.

5

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2020-14317?

An attacker can exploit CVE-2020-14317 by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to perform arbitrary commands.

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