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CVE-2012-1167

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The JBoss Server in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.x before 5.1.2 and 5.2.x before 5.2.2, Web Platform before 5.1.2, BRMS Platform before 5.3.0, and SOA Platform before 5.3.0, when the server is configured to use the JaccAuthorizationRealm and the ignoreBaseDecision property is set to true on the JBossWebRealm, does not properly check the permissions created by the WebPermissionMapping class, which allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary applications.

Affected products

• Red Hat JBoss EAP: 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.2.0, 5.2.1
• RedHat Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform: through 5.2.0
• RedHat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform: through 5.2.0; 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.0, 5.1.1
• RedHat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform: through 5.1.1; 5.1.0

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1013.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1014.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1026.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1027.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1028.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49635
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49658
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50549
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027501
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54089

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