CVE-2017-12189

HIGH

Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0.7.GA - Local Privilege Escalation via Init Script

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0002
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0004
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0003
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0005
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102407

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 25.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-282
Status published
Products (3)
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.0
Published Jan 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026