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CVE-2012-3370 json

The SecurityAssociation.getCredential method in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 5.2.0, Web Platform (EWP) before 5.2.0,…

published 2013-02-05 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3344

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The SecurityAssociation.getCredential method in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 5.2.0, Web Platform (EWP) before 5.2.0, BRMS Platform before 5.3.1, and SOA Platform before 5.3.1 returns the credentials of the previous user when a security context is not provided, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges as other users.

Patch / fix

  • rhq jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 3.0.0-22.EmbJopr5.ep5.el4
  • bsh2 jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.0-0.b4.15.1.patch01.ep5.el4
  • wss4j jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 1.5.12-4.2_patch_02.ep5.el4
  • jbossts jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 1:4.6.1-12.CP13.8.ep5.el4
  • jbossws jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 3.1.2-13.SP15_patch_01.ep5.el4
  • jgroups jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 1:2.6.22-1.ep5.el4
  • spring2 jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.5.6-9.SEC03.1.ep5.el4
  • bsh2-bsf jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.0-0.b4.15.1.patch01.ep5.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0197RHSA-2013:0196RHSA-2013:0195RHSA-2013:0193RHSA-2013:0192RHSA-2013:0191

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-2012-3370 updated cvss 5.8

JBoss: SecurityAssociation.getCredential() will return the previous credential if no security context is provided

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 security
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 PicketLink PicketLink
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 EAP EAP
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0221
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server netty 3.2.5-6.ep5.el5, jbossas 5.2.0-14.ep5.el5, jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el5, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el5, jboss-cl 2.0.11-1.GA.ep5.el5, jboss-javaee 5.0.2-2.ep5.el5, +142 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0192
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server netty 3.2.5-6.ep5.el6, jbossas 5.2.0-16.ep5.el6, jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el6, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el6, aopalliance 1.0-5.3.ep5.el6, jboss-cl 2.0.11-4.GA.ep5.el6, +143 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0191
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0194
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0533
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  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el5, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el5, jbossas-web 5.2.0-8.ep5.el5, jboss-cl 2.0.11-1.GA.ep5.el5, jboss-javaee 5.0.2-2.ep5.el5, xml-security 1.5.1-2.ep5.el5, +127 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0196
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el6, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el6, aopalliance 1.0-5.3.ep5.el6, jboss-cl 2.0.11-4.GA.ep5.el6, jboss-javaee 5.0.2-2.ep5.el6, jbossas-web 5.2.0-16.ep5.el6, +137 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0195
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0198

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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