CVE-2011-4605

The (1) JNDI service, (2) HA-JNDI service, and (3) HAJNDIFactory invoker servlet in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.1.2, Web Platform 5.1.2, SOA Platform 4.2.0.CP05 and 4.3.0.CP05, Portal Platform 4.3 CP07 and 5.2.x before 5.2.2, and BRMS Platform before 5.3.0 do not properly restrict write access, which allows remote attackers to add, delete, or modify items in a JNDI tree via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-11-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4605 is rated Moderate Risk (62.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.52%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4605

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.02% 3.52% +1.50%
2 2026-05-24 2.42% 2.02% -0.40%
3 2025-03-30 2.42%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4605

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-4605

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4605
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-4605 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jbossas4), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, ignored 9, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0:cp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_brms_platform <= 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_brms_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_portal_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:4.3.0:cp07:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_portal_platform 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_portal_platform 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp05:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:cp05:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_platform 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4605

URL Tags
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=766469
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1022.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1023.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1024.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1026.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1027.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1028.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1109.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1295.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49656 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49658 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50084 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54644
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027501
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