CVE-2012-4550: Jboss enterprise application platform: jboss eap: jbeap: jboss enterprise application platform: unauthorized ejb access via authorization module bypass

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-280

Description

A flaw was found in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. When role-based authorization is used for Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) access, the system does not correctly call the necessary authorization modules. This prevents Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) permissions from being applied, allowing remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to EJBs.

Affected products

Red Hat JBoss EAP: 6.0.0

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51607
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1591
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1592
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1594
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4550
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51607

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