SB2019101415 - Privilege escalation in Wildfly application server 



SB2019101415 - Privilege escalation in Wildfly application server

Published: October 14, 2019 Updated: November 27, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019101415
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14838)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to wildfly-core allows unnecessary write permissions for management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer roles. A remote authenticated user can modify server runtime state and escalate privileges within the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.