HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-4605

Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The (1) JNDI service, (2) HA-JNDI service, and (3) HAJNDIFactory invoker servlet in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.1.2, Web Platform 5.1.2, SOA Platform 4.2.0.CP05 and 4.3.0.CP05, Portal Platform 4.3 CP07 and 5.2.x before 5.2.2, and BRMS Platform before 5.3.0 do not properly restrict write access, which allows remote attackers to add, delete, or modify items in a JNDI tree via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2012-11-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-4605

  • Confirm whether Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4605.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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