CVE-2009-5066: redhat jboss_community_application_server Credentials Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-5066 is a low (CVSS 2.1) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in redhat jboss_community_application_server. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 2.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6Timeline
- 13-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
twiddle.sh in JBoss AS 5.0 and EAP 5.0 and earlier accepts credentials as command-line arguments, which allows local users to read the credentials by listing the process and its arguments.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
33%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
1 vendor · 2 products
References
16 links- issues.jboss.org/browse/JBPAPP-3391?_sscc=tX Refsource CONFIRM