CVE-2012-3427
mediumA flaw was found in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) and EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
Vendor / product: Redhat — jboss enterprise application platform
A flaw was found in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) and EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Incorrect permissions (755) for the /var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap/ directory allow a local user to read sensitive files. This vulnerability can lead to information disclosure, specifically exposing Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials.
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2014-02-02 20:55
Modified: 2026-10-30 19:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
redhat / jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html
Vendor advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/51016
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html
Vendor advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/51016
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51016 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/86409 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55945 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1376 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3427 secalert@redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79398 secalert@redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.osvdb.org/86409 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55945 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79398 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC · record ↗