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CVE-2017-2589: Hawtio: Improper Authorization

CVE-2017-2589 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.0 and affects Hawtio, along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

It was discovered that the hawtio servlet 1.4 uses a single HttpClient instance to proxy requests with a persistent cookie store (cookies are stored locally and are not passed between the client and the end URL) which means all clients using that proxy are sharing the same cookies.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.0: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
Privileges required: Low. A basic user account is enough.
User interaction: Required. A user must take an action, such as opening a file or following a link.
Scope: Changed. Impact reaches beyond the vulnerable component to other resources.
Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-285: Improper Authorization

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Affected products

Hawtio: 1.4.0
Red Hat Jboss Fuse: 6.3