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high 7.5

CVE-2011-4605 json

The (1) JNDI service, (2) HA-JNDI service, and (3) HAJNDIFactory invoker servlet in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.…

published 2012-11-23 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4529

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The (1) JNDI service, (2) HA-JNDI service, and (3) HAJNDIFactory invoker servlet in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.1.2, Web Platform 5.1.2, SOA Platform 4.2.0.CP05 and 4.3.0.CP05, Portal Platform 4.3 CP07 and 5.2.x before 5.2.2, and BRMS Platform before 5.3.0 do not properly restrict write access, which allows remote attackers to add, delete, or modify items in a JNDI tree via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • jbossas-web jboss enterprise web platform 5 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5
  • jbossas-web jboss enterprise web platform 5 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6
  • jboss-naming jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el5
  • jboss-naming jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.2.ep5.el6
  • jbossas-web-client jboss enterprise web platform 5 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5
  • jbossas-web-client jboss enterprise web platform 5 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6
  • jbossas-web-ws-native jboss enterprise web platform 5 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5
  • jbossas-web-ws-native jboss enterprise web platform 5 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1027RHSA-2012:1026RHSA-2012:1025

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4605 updated cvss 7.5

JNDI: unauthenticated remote write access is permitted by default

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 security
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1028
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS jbossas 4.3.0-10.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4, jbossas-client 4.3.0-10.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 ES jbossas 4.3.0-10.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4, jbossas-client 4.3.0-10.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server jbossas 4.3.0-10.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el5, jbossas-client 4.3.0-10.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1025
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS jbossas 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-messaging 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES jbossas 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-messaging 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jbossas 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jbossas-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jbossas-messaging 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jbossas-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jbossas 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jbossas-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jbossas-messaging 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jbossas-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.2.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1026
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1022
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1024
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1232
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1295
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  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1125
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jbossas-web 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jbossas-web-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jbossas-web-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el5, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jbossas-web 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jbossas-web-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jbossas-web-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el6, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.2.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1027
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1023
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS jbossas-web 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-web-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-web-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES jbossas-web 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-web-client 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jbossas-web-ws-native 5.1.2-10.ep5.el4, jboss-naming 5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el4
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.