CVE-2016-5406

Description

The domain controller in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x before 7.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to propagate administrative RBAC configuration to all slaves.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.50% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1841.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1359014 issue tracking vdb entry vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1838.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3456 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1839.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1840.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5406?
CVE-2016-5406 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5406?
To fix CVE-2016-5406, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5406 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-5406 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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