Vulnerability CVE-2016-8657
Published: 2018-07-31

Description:
It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Jboss enterprise application platform 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657
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