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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2013-0218

Low
2.1/10

Summary

The GUI installer in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) and Enterprise Web Platform (EWP) 5.2.0 and possibly 5.1.2 uses world-readable permissions for the auto-install XML file, which allows local users to obtain the administrator password and the sucker password by reading this file.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published