CVE-2012-5626

EJB method in Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5; Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.1; Red Hat JBoss Portal 4 and 5; Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.2, 4.3, and 5; in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 ignores roles specified using the @RunAs annotation.

Published: 2020-01-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5626 is rated Moderate Risk (50/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5626

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 0.18% 0.91% +0.73%
2 2025-03-30 0.38% 0.18% -0.20%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5626

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5626

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5626

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5626
ubuntu low CVE-2012-5626 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jbossas4), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): DNE 2, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5626

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5626

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_brms 5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_brms:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_server 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_operations_network 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_operations_network:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_portal 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_portal:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_portal 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_portal:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_soa_platform 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_soa_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_soa_platform 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_soa_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_soa_platform 5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_soa_platform:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5626

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