Privilege escalation in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 7
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2024-51127 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-378 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
eap7-xml-security (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component eap7-wildfly (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component eap7-opensaml (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component eap7-jbossws-cxf (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component eap7-jbossws-common (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component eap7-hibernate (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component eap7-hal-console (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Creation of temporary file with insecure permissions
EUVDB-ID: #VU101867
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 5.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-51127
CWE-ID:
CWE-378 - Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the createTempFile method. A local user can overwrite arbitrary files on the system and potentially escalate privileges.
Install updates from vendor's website.
eap7-xml-security (Red Hat package): before 2.3.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
eap7-wildfly (Red Hat package): before 7.4.21-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
eap7-opensaml (Red Hat package): before 3.4.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
eap7-jbossws-cxf (Red Hat package): before 5.4.14-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
eap7-jbossws-common (Red Hat package): before 3.4.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
eap7-hibernate (Red Hat package): before 5.3.37-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
eap7-hal-console (Red Hat package): before 3.3.25-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-xml-security_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-wildfly_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-opensaml_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-jbossws-cxf_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-jbossws-common_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-hibernate_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:eap7-hal-console_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1636
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.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
