CVE-2009-3554

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Twiddle in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP08 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP07 writes the JMX password, and other command-line arguments, to the twiddle.log file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Affected products

Red Hat JBoss EAP: 4.2, 4.2-cp01, 4.2-cp02, 4.2.0-cp01, 4.2.0-cp02, 4.2.0-cp03 (+5)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37671
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023316
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/4.2.0.cp08/html-single/Release_Notes/index.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37276
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539495
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54702
https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPAPP-2872
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.html

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