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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Improper Access Control (CVE-2016-8656)

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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Improper Access Control (CVE-2016-8656)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/22/2018
Created
11/23/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
11/20/2019

Description

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

References

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