CVE-2012-1167

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1167
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-23 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe JBoss Server in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.x before 5.1.2 and 5.2.x before 5.2.2, Web Platform before 5.1.2, BRMS Platform before 5.3.0, and SOA Platform before 5.3.0, when the server is configured to use the JaccAuthorizationRealm and the ignoreBaseDecision property is set to true on the JBossWebRealm, does not properly check the permissions created by the WebPermissionMapping class, which allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary applications.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform All All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform 5.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform 5.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform 5.0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform 5.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform 5.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform All All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA50549 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA49635 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
JBoss CVE-2012-1167 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
802622 – (CVE-2012-1167) CVE-2012-1167 JBoss: authentication bypass when running under JACC with ignoreBaseDecision on JBossWebRealm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1014.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
JBoss 'ignoreBaseDecision' Property May Let Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Access Controls - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA49658 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Products - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1028.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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