Is CVE-2005-4709 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-4709 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2026-04-16.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-4709?

CVE-2005-4709 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2005-4709?

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Which products are affected by CVE-2005-4709?

Affected products for CVE-2005-4709 are listed on this page once vendor data becomes available.

CVE-2005-4709 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

The popSubjectContext method in the SecurityAssociation class in JBoss Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0 RC3 maintains the threadPrincipal and threadCredential values from a previous client's authentication after termination of a client session, which allows remote attackers to gain the roles of an arbitrary previous client who had the same JBoss server thread.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: UNKNOWN
Published: 12/31/2005
Last Modified: 4/16/2026
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2005-4709

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Executive Summary