Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-14299 (CCN-189957)

Assigned:2020-10-15
Published:2020-10-15
Updated:2020-10-27
Summary:A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox SecurityDomain, and then reloaded to admin-only mode. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a complete authentication bypass by using an arbitrary user and password. The highest threat to vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.7 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:6.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-287
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-14299

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1848533
(CVE-2020-14299) - CVE-2020-14299 picketbox: JBoss EAP reload to admin-only mode allows authentication bypass

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848533

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
redhat-cve202014299-sec-bypass(189957)

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Web site
JBoss EAP

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 5.0.3)
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    redhat jboss enterprise application platform *
    redhat openshift application runtimes -
    redhat single sign-on 7.0