Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| JBoss AS 7 | JBoss | AS 7 Community Release |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2312Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-2312Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2312Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2312Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-2312Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2312Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 18, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified