CVE-2012-3427

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: 2014-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1.2 uses 755 permissions for /var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap/, which allows local users to read sensitive information such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials by reading files in the directory.

Affected products

Red Hat JBoss EAP: 5.1.2

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51016
http://www.osvdb.org/86409
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79398
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51016
http://www.osvdb.org/86409
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79398

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