Privilege escalation in Apache Tomcat
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-12418 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-264 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Apache Tomcat Server applications / Web servers |
| Vendor | Apache Foundation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.
Updated: 18.12.2019
Added information about patches for version 7.x.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
EUVDB-ID: #VU25000
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12418
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the local user without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface.
Successful vulnerability exploitation requires that Apache Tomcat is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsApache Tomcat: 7.0.0 - 9.0.28
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_tomcat:7.0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_tomcat:8.5.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_tomcat:9.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/43530b91506e2e0c11cfbe691173f5df8c48f51b98262426d7493b67%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200107-0001/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10107360?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
