CVE-2019-12418

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: December 23, 2019 at 05:12 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
6 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.978.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.5.479.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.0.28*7.0.0 to 7.0.978.5.0 to 8.5.479.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28
3.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.1.3*

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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