CVE-2019-3805

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: May 3, 2019 at 07:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorJBoss Enterprise Application PlatformWildFly

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate arbitrary processes on the system. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.

Affected

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

References (8)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-364CWE-269

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