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CVE-2011-2731

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
05/12/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.10
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:springsource_spring_security:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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