CVE-2017-12189

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656.

It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Red Hat

First reported 7 years ago

2018-01-10 19:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:22:00

Affected Software

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 (7)

7.0

References

102407

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

RHSA-2018:0002

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2018:0003

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2018:0004

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2018:0005

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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