CVE-2017-12189: red hat, inc. red hat jboss enterprise application platform Improper Ownership Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-12189 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Ownership Management vulnerability in red hat, inc. red hat jboss enterprise application platform. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 10-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability 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
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
27%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.34% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0
- jboss_enterprise_application_platform7.0
Red hat, inc.1 product
2 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory