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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-3805

A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate arbitrary processes on the system. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.

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CVE-2019-3805
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1 Nov 2026, 07:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-3805

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 May 2019, 20:29 UTC

A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate arbitrary processes on the system. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.

osv:CVE-2019-3805
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3805",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate arbitrary processes on the system. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-3805",
    "products": [],
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:56.381775532Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2413",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0004/",
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438656,
  "published_at": "2019-05-03T20:29:01.263+00:00"
}