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CVE-2012-1167

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1167 describes a security bypass vulnerability in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.x and 5.2.x, and other JBoss platforms, when configured with specific JaccAuthorizationRealm and JBossWebRealm settings. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to access unauthorized applications due to improper permission checks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_brms_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jbossas-web-0:5.1.2-10.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jboss-naming-0:5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jbossas-web-0:5.1.2-10.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jboss-naming-0:5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.2.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jbossas-0:5.1.2-10.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jboss-naming-0:5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jbossas-0:5.1.2-10.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jboss-naming-0:5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jbossas-0:5.1.2-10.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jboss-naming-0:5.0.3-4.CP01_patch_01.2.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: Security
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5Fixed in: Requirements
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5Fixed in: Security

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1167Moderate

JBoss: authentication bypass when running under JACC with ignoreBaseDecision on JBossWebRealm

Jun 12, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1013.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1014.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1026.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1027.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1028.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/49635
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49658
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50549
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76680
securityfocus.com / bid/54089