CVE-2012-2312 is an elevated privileges vulnerability affecting JBoss AS 7 Community Release and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. It arises from improper security context propagation, allowing a local user to gain elevated privileges by exploiting reused threads that retain previous security contexts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_application_server:7.1.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_application_server:7.1.1:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.