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CVE-2016-8657
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-31T19:29:00.650 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:45.637

Summary

It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.

Affected products

redhat — jboss_enterprise_application_platform

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