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CVE-2005-4709
The popSubjectContext method in the SecurityAssociation class in JBoss Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0 RC3 maintains the threadPrincipal…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.2%
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- mitre
Description
The popSubjectContext method in the SecurityAssociation class in JBoss Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0 RC3 maintains the threadPrincipal and threadCredential values from a previous client's authentication after termination of a client session, which allows remote attackers to gain the roles of an arbitrary previous client who had the same JBoss server thread.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-384 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- jboss-securityassociation-auth-bypass(24384) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
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