CVE-2011-2731

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 55% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: December 5, 2012 (4908 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-362

Affected Products

vmware springsource spring security

References

🔗 bugs.debian.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 support.springsource.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 bugs.debian.org