# CVE-2009-5066: 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 crede

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-08-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/23/2
- http://objectopia.com/2009/10/01/securing-jmx-invoker-layer-in-jboss/
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBPAPP-3391?_sscc=t
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52054
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0533.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/20/1

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