CVE-2017-12189

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 10 Jan 2018, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 18:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Jan 2018, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 18:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 16%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-282•Improper Ownership Management

    The product assigns the wrong ownership, or does not properly verify the ownership, of an object or resource.

Affected Systems

  • red hat, inc.•red hat jboss enterprise application platform

    7.0.7.GA

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•jboss_enterprise_application_platform

    7.0

References (6)