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medium 5.5

CVE-2017-12167 json

It was found in EAP 7 before 7.0.9 that properties based files of the management and the application realm configuration that contain user…

published 2018-07-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3743

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found in EAP 7 before 7.0.9 that properties based files of the management and the application realm configuration that contain user to role mapping are world readable allowing access to users and roles information to all the users logged in to the system.

Patch / fix

  • redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.0.9
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el7
  • eap7-ecj jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 4.6.1-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-vdx jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.1.6-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-xom jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.2.10-2.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-txw2 jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 2.2.11-10.redhat_4.1.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:3458RHSA-2017:3455RHSA-2017:3454RHSA-2018:0005RHSA-2018:0004RHSA-2018:0002

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-2017-12167 updated cvss 5.5

EAP-7: Wrong privileges on multiple property files

  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0003
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3456
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6, eap7-jgroups 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-hibernate 5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0002
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7, eap7-jgroups 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-hibernate 5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0005
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-ecj 4.6.1-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-vdx 1.1.6-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-xom 1.2.10-2.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jaxen 1.1.6-3.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jsoup 1.8.3-3.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-antlr 2.7.7-35.redhat_7.1.ep7.el6, +281 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3454
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-ecj 4.6.1-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-vdx 1.1.6-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-xom 1.2.10-2.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jaxen 1.1.6-3.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jsoup 1.8.3-3.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-antlr 2.7.7-35.redhat_7.1.ep7.el7, +281 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3458

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Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat EAP-7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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.