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CVE-2017-12189 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0002	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0003	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0004	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0005	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102407	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0002	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0003	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0004	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0005	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102407	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]
CWE-282	Improper Ownership Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat jboss enterprise application platform	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Feb 7, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]