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CVE-2011-2731

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the RunAsManager mechanism in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.7 and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 stores the Authentication object in the shared security context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted thread.

Affected products

• VMware Springsource Spring Security: through 2.0.6; through 3.0.5; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+5)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55155
• http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55155
• http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151

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