Spring Security 'RunAsManager' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49538
Class:	Race Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-2731
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Sep 09 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 09:36AM
Credit:	Rob Winch
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Spring Security 'RunAsManager' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Spring Security is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers may exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges and perform unauthorized actions.

The following versions are vulnerable:

Spring Security 2.0.0 through 2.0.6
Spring Security 3.0.0 through 3.0.5

Spring Security 'RunAsManager' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Spring Security 'RunAsManager' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

Spring Security 'RunAsManager' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• SpringSource Homepage (SpringSource)
  
• CVE-2011-2731: Spring Security privilege escalation when using RunAsManager (s2-security )
  
• CVE-2011-2731: Spring Security privilege escalation when using RunAsManager (SpringSource)