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CVE-2019-12418

UNKNOWN
Published 2019-12-23T17:12:43
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Description

When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Tomcat

Affected Versions:

9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28 8.5.0 to 8.5.47 7.0.0 to 7.0.97

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apache Tomcat

GHSA-hh3j-x4mc-g48r

Advisory Details

When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <7.0.99
Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
ECOSYSTEM: ≥8.0.0 <8.5.49
Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
ECOSYSTEM: ≥9.0.0 <9.0.29

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12418
WEB https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/4251-1
WEB https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10107360?utm_source=f5support&amp;utm_medium=RSS
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200107-0001
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-43
WEB https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00029.html
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00024.html
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/43530b91506e2e0c11cfbe691173f5df8c48f51b98262426d7493b67%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: December 26, 2019, Modified: April 19, 2022

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/43530b91506e2e0c11cfbe691173f5df8c48f51b98262426d7493b67%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200107-0001/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10107360?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00024.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4251-1/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-43
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00029.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680

HackerOne Reports

Tomcat examples available for public, Disclosure Apache Tomcat version, Critical/High/Medium CVE Medium
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Published: 2019-12-23T17:12:43
Last Modified: 2024-08-04T23:17:40.118Z
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