Security: Privilege escalation by using RunAsManager mechanism
Published Dec 5, 2012
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.26%
Description
Race condition in the RunAsManager mechanism in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.7 and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 stores the Authentication object in the shared security context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted thread.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.6
- ≤ 3.0.5
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
No data.
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
unspecified
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | unspecified | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue affects the Spring Security package, which is not shipped with any Red Hat products.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01256) | 68.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.25% (0.01246) | 65.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.27% (0.00270) | 48.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 69.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 67.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 64.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 66.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55155 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2731 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737613 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4644-hg35-55m9 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2731
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2731
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55155 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2731 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737613 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4644-hg35-55m9 | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2731 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2731 |
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