AccessControlException: access denied - caller function failed to load properties file - java

I am having a jar archive environment which is gonna call my class in a folder like this:
java -jar "emarket.jar" ../tournament 100
My compiled class is deployed into the ../tournament folder, this command runs well.
After I changed my code to load a properties file, it gets the following exception message:
Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission agent.properties read)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at Agent10479475.getPropertiesFromConfigFile(Agent10479475.java:110)
at Agent10479475.<init>(Agent10479475.java:100)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at emarket.client.EmarketSandbox.instantiateClientObjects(EmarketSandbox.java:92)
at emarket.client.EmarketSandbox.<init>(EmarketSandbox.java:27)
at emarket.client.EmarketSandbox.main(EmarketSandbox.java:166)
I am wondering why this security checking will fail. I issue the getPropertitiesFromConfigFile() function inside my class's default constructor, like this:
public class Agent10479475 extends AbstractClientAgent
{
//default constructor
public Agent10479475()
{
//set all properties to their default values in constructor
FT_THRESHOLD = 400;
FT_THRESHOLD_MARGIN = 50;
printOut("Now loading properties from a config file...", "");
getPropertiesFromConfigFile();
printOut("Finished loading","");
}
private void getPropertiesFromConfigFile()
{
Properties props = new Properties();
try
{
props.load(new FileInputStream("agent.properties"));
FT_THRESHOLD = Long.parseLong(props.getProperty("FT_THRESHOLD"));
FT_THRESHOLD_MARGIN = Long.parseLong(props.getProperty("FT_THRESHOLD_MARGIN "));
}
catch(java.io.FileNotFoundException fnfex)
{
printOut("CANNOT FIND PROPERTIES FILE :", fnfex);
}
catch(java.io.IOException ioex)
{
printOut("IOEXCEPTION OCCURED :", ioex);
}
}
}
My class is loading its own .properties file under the same folder. why would the Java environment complains about such a denial of access?
Must I config the emarket.client.EmarketSandbox class, which is not written by me and stored inside the emarket.jar, to access my agent.properties file?
Any hints or suggestions is much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Permissions are required to access the system properties files, and your code is clearly running in a sandbox that does not grant the permission. You either need to
modify the sandbox security rules to allow access to that file,
add a specific API you can call to pass the "agent.properties" file contents, or
find some other way to get the properties to your code that doesn't involve reading a file at all.
An example of the last might to pass the properties in the file as command line arguments, or put the file into your JAR file so that you can read it as a resource (modulo the security sandbox not blocking that as well.)
But it must be said that there is something weird about a JAR file that won't let you read files on your own machine. Why is it doing this? Is this a homework exercise ... about security managers, permissions, etc?

You can put the file "agent.properties" inside your jar and access it via getResourceAsStream. As I don't know your security policy in your sandbox in detail, that might work with the permissions or not.

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java security policy doesn't work as expected, always give AccessControlException

First, I've this working code:
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
public class TestPolicy {
public static void main(String[] args) {
FileWriter writer;
try {
writer = new FileWriter("testPolicy.txt");
writer.write("hello1");
writer.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
It runs well with
D:\Documents\myproject\mynet\mytest\java\security\target\classes>java -classpath . TestPolic
And it will generate a new file called [testPolicy.txt]
Then I added a ../../src/myPolicy.txt with content:
grant codeBase "file:D:\Documents\myproject\mynet\mytest\java\security\target\classes*" {
permission java.io.FilePermission "testPolicy.txt", "read,write";
};
I expected, as long as I specified "read,write" permission, it should also run well. But it runs with exception:
D:\Documents\myproject\mynet\mytest\java\security\target\classes>java -classpath . -Djava.security.manager -Djava.security.policy=../../src/myPolicy.txt TestPolicy
Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.io.FilePermission" "testPolicy.txt" "write")
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkWrite(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(Unknown Source)
at TestPolicy.main(TestPolicy.java:8)
Where did I get wrong, how to fix it?
Thanks a lot.
Use forward slashes instead of backslashes in the codeBase URL in your myPolicy.txt. You may also need a slash between the "classes" and the "*".
Per the PolicyFiles documentation:
Note: a codeBase value is a URL and thus should always utilize slashes (never backslashes) as the directory separator, even when the code source is actually on a Windows system. Thus, if the source location for code on a Windows system is actually C:\somepath\api\, then the policy codeBase entry should look like:
grant codeBase "file:/C:/somepath/api/" {
...
};

Elasticsearch 2.0.0 security manager with groovy script

I'm using brand new Elasticsearch 2.0.0 from a Java application.
When calling the prepareUpdate() method with an inline groovy script that has the following code:
import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.*
import groovy.json.*
ESLogger logger = ESLoggerFactory.getLogger('events-sequence.groovy')
def TOKEN_SEPARATOR = "###"
def flow = [ ]
try {
ctx._source.events.reverseEach { e ->
def context = e.tuplenized_context ? JsonOutput.toJson(e.tuplenized_context) : "[]"
flow << (e.name.toLowerCase() + TOKEN_SEPARATOR + context.toLowerCase())
}
ctx._source.flow = flow.join(TOKEN_SEPARATOR)
} catch (Throwable t) {
logger.error("Error applying derivation", t)
throw t
}
I'm receiving the following exception:
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.util.PropertyPermission" "groovy.json.faststringutils.write.to.final.fields" "read")
According to the stacktrace, this happens when calling the JsonOutput.toJson() method:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at groovy.json.internal.CharBuf.addJsonFieldName(CharBuf.java:516)
at groovy.json.JsonOutput.writeMap(JsonOutput.java:423)
at groovy.json.JsonOutput.writeObject(JsonOutput.java:267)
at groovy.json.JsonOutput.writeIterator(JsonOutput.java:441)
at groovy.json.JsonOutput.writeObject(JsonOutput.java:269)
at groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(JsonOutput.java:187)
at groovy.json.JsonOutput$toJson.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:125)
at 3974cbb354b454f7c665982a3a8f854ede6125fb$_run_closure1.doCall(3974cbb354b454f7c665982a3a8f854ede6125fb:18)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:294)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1019)
at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:426)
at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:442)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.each(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:2030)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.reverseEach(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:2172)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.dgm$532.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoMetaMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:274)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:56)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:125)
at 3974cbb354b454f7c665982a3a8f854ede6125fb.run(3974cbb354b454f7c665982a3a8f854ede6125fb:17)
at org.elasticsearch.script.groovy.GroovyScriptEngineService$GroovyScript.run(GroovyScriptEngineService.java:248)
at org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateHelper.executeScript(UpdateHelper.java:251)
at org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateHelper.prepare(UpdateHelper.java:196)
at org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateHelper.prepare(UpdateHelper.java:79)
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardUpdateOperation(TransportShardBulkAction.java:408)
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:203)
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$PrimaryPhase.performOnPrimary(TransportReplicationAction.java:579)
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportReplicationAction$PrimaryPhase$1.doRun(TransportReplicationAction.java:452)
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.util.PropertyPermission" "groovy.json.faststringutils.write.to.final.fields" "read")
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:472)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:884)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:549)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(SecurityManager.java:1294)
at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:753)
at groovy.json.internal.FastStringUtils.<clinit>(FastStringUtils.java:37)
... 42 more
In my elasticsearch.yml config file, I've added these 2 lines:
script.inline: on
script.indexed: on
Is there anything else I need to configure so that I can serialize an object to JSON within a groovy script?
EDIT: I've also tried to initialize Elasticsearch setting the following option:
export ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Dgroovy.json.faststringutils.write.to.final.fields\=true
But had no luck, since the problem seems to be that there are no permissions to access the groovy.json.faststringutils.write.to.final.fields system property, whatever its value is.
EDIT 2: All modifying the default java.policy file, specifying a new policy file with the -Djava.security.manager and -Djava.security.policy=file:///my.policy options and disabling the security manager via the -Dsecurity.manager.enabled=false option didn't work.
I've reported this as an issue to the Elasticsearch guys, and they've already fixed it. Actually, here's the commit, but it won't be available until version 2.1.
Is there any workaround or configuration option to make it work now?
None of the other suggestions here worked for me either, but I did find that I could disable the ES security manager by adding the following to my elasticsearch.yml file...
security.manager.enabled: false
Note that this is deprecated as of 2.2.0 and will likely be removed soon. This is not a best practice and should be avoided when dynamic scripts are allowed.
You will have to update your policy file with the system property read permission.
Add: permission java.util.PropertyPermission "groovy.json.faststringutils.write.to.final.fields", "read" to the grant block.
The default policy file (java.policy) resides under $JAVA_HOME/lib/security, unless specified otherwise using java.security.policy system property.
Alternatively, run the JVM without a security manager with -Dsecurity.manager.enabled=false
A better way of implementing it is to define your script under /config/scripts. As your script is static, you gain following advantages out of it:
No inline scripting required which makes your application safe.
Script is compiled once and used again. This gives you performance gain.
No need to change any java security policy.

Java 7 update 25 makes our java web start application fail with no logging

Since the java 7 update 25 launched by Oracle our application no longer functions.
Initially we got some warning about codebase & sercurity tags missing in the Manifest file, which we fixed.
The problem we now end up with is that in the Console we only get the following lines:
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### null
We also get an application Error dialog with the message: Unable to launch the application.
The details button gives the following details in the Exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.getPermissions(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.getProtectionDomain(SecureClassLoader.java:206)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at desktop.DesktopProxySelector.<init>(DesktopProxySelector.java:24) <- code smippet below
at desktop.Main.main(Main.java:139) <- code smippet below
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
The relevant code parts are:
Desktop.Main.main
/**
* Main method, starts the application
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");
//Logger.getLogger("httpclient.wire.header.level").setLevel(Level.FINEST);
//Logger.getLogger("org.apache.commons.httpclient.level").setLevel(Level.FINEST);
java.net.ProxySelector.setDefault(new DesktopProxySelector(java.net.ProxySelector.getDefault()));
(The last line is line number 139)
desktop.DesktopProxySelector:
public class DesktopProxySelector extends ProxySelector {
public DesktopProxySelector(ProxySelector defaultSelector) {
URI httpsUri = new CentralConfigurationService().getCentralLocation();
(The last line is line number 24 where the exception occures)
Can someone give us some clues hints (or better a solution) for this new behaviour of java caused by this 'minor' update.
When we run the application straight from the cli using java -jar Desktop.jar the application wil run file, so the issue has clearly something todo with the changes in java web start.
#trashgod: the error clearly has something to do with the Permissions change in 7u25, since the NullPointerException occurs in com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.getPermissions.
Just to explain what I think happens (I am a colleague of Wouter):
desktop.Main instantiates a desktop.DesktopProxySelector (our class),
desktop.DesktopProxySelector instantiates desktop.configuration.CentralConfigurationService
desktop.configuration.CentralConfigurationService instantiates a java.net.URI.
On the first line of the DesktopProxySelector init where the CentralConfigurationService is instantiated the getPermissions method, called by the JNLPClassLoader, throws the NullPointerException. So something is going wrong while loading the CentralConfigurationService class by java webstart with getting the permissions for the class. Could that have anything to do with the fact that a URI class is instantiated, which requires extra permissions (a connection to a remote uri is setup)?
Eventually the problem was solved.
The problem was caused between a mismatch in the included jar files in the main MANIFEST.MF file vs the jar files mentioned in the launch.jnlp.
Apperently it is now required to have all jar files that will be used also be present in the launch.jnlp file.
(In the past it was decided to keep this file manually in sink, which obviously was not always maintained in a propper way. Now this process is automated, so the problem should no longer happen to us.)

Remote lookup of slsb failing from jar file, although very similar lookup from a jar file being called from same place works

I have a a number of jar files that perform rmi. These are all working except one, the problematic one attempts to look up a remote slsb in a different project.
So the code is the same here:
machineNameOrAddress = args[0];
jndiPortNumber = args[1];
action = args[2];
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.setProperty("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
properties.setProperty("java.naming.provider.url", "jnp://" + machineNameOrAddress + ":" + jndiPortNumber);
properties.setProperty("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs", "org.jboss.naming");
try {
initialContext = new InitialContext(properties);
But then the difference occurs; this is OK:
IEmailNotificationSLSBRemote notificationSLSBRemote = (IEmailNotificationSLSBRemote) initialContext.lookup("ProjectOne/EmailNotificationSLSB/remote");
This is not OK:
IEmailNotificationSLSBRemote notificationSLSBRemote = (IEmailNotificationSLSBRemote) initialContext.lookup("ProjectTwo/EmailNotificationSLSB/remote");
Everythign compiles everythign else works OK, I think have set everythign up ok (well almost everything).
This is the error, it is the same client directory. The rmi's are being invoked in the same place.
javax.naming.CommunicationException [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: my.path.ProjTwo.client.interfaces.IEmailNotificationSLSBRemote (no security manager: RMI class loader disabled)]
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:786)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:627)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at uk.co.tpplc.hands.client.utils.EmailNotificationUtil.main(EmailNotificationUtil.java:47)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: uk.co.tpplc.hands.client.interfaces.IEmailNotificationSLSBRemote (no security manager: RMI class loader disabled)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader$2.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.MarshalInputStream.resolveProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readProxyDesc(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.MarshalledObject.get(Unknown Source)
at org.jnp.interfaces.MarshalledValuePair.get(MarshalledValuePair.java:72)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:710)
... 3 more
Any help greatly appreciated. The slsbs are present in both projects, they do almost the same thing. The jar files compile fine and a located in same location.
And both a present and correct in jmx console jboss.j2ee:
ear=ProjectOne.ear,jar=ProjectOne-ejb.jar,name=EmailNotificationSLSB,service=EJB3
ear=ProjectTwo.ear,jar=ProjectTwo-ejb.jar,name=EmailNotificationSLSB,service=EJB3
ProjectTwo jar file needed to be copied to the directory containing the calling jars.

Applet signed throw: java.security.AccessControlException. How can I make it run?

After hours of work (I'm not a java programmer) I've managed to pack and put inside an applet wich make an ftp-upload to a remote server. The main file is "prova.class" inside "invia.jar"; I use a third-part library, placed in "edtftpj.jar". I have signed both file and included them in the page with the following code:
Index.html
<applet width="300" height="300" classpath="./" code="prova.class" archive="invio.jar,edtftpj.jar"> </applet>
now, when I point the browser to my page I found this message on the consolle:
Could not read property 'edtftp.log.level' due to security permissions
Could not read property 'edtftp.log.log4j' due to security permissions
Could not read property 'edtftp.log.log4j' due to security permissions
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission www.artkiller-web.com resolve)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2SecurityManager.checkConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(Unknown Source)
at com.enterprisedt.net.ftp.FTPClient.connect(FTPClient.java:966)
at com.enterprisedt.net.ftp.FileTransferClient.connect(FileTransferClient.java:386)
at prova.start(prova.java:44)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Any Idea of how to work-it around?
thank u in advance
ArtoAle
You need to wrap the connection url in a privileged block of code.
Also looks like you are having issues reading from the properties file, The properties file you can package right in your jar, if your trying to read the properties file from the client machine you will need to wrap that code in a privileged block of code as well.
Here is a block of code I used in a another answer for getting a URL through the access controller.
try
{
final String imageURL = "http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif";
URL url = (URL) AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction()
{
public Object run()
{
try
{
return new URL(imageURL);
}
catch (MalformedURLException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
});
if(url == null)
{
// Something is wrong notify the user
}
else
{
// We know the url is good so continue on
img = ImageIO.read(url);
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}

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