CVE-2018-1196 (GCVE-0-2018-1196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-19 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:27
VLAI
Summary
Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service. The script included with Spring Boot 1.5.9 and earlier and 2.0.0.M1 through 2.0.0.M7 is susceptible to a symlink attack which allows the "run_user" to overwrite and take ownership of any file on the same system. In order to instigate the attack, the application must be installed as a service and the "run_user" requires shell access to the server. Spring Boot application that are not installed as a service, or are not using the embedded launch script are not susceptible.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • privilege escalation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell EMC Spring Boot Affected: 1.5.0 - 1.5.9
Affected: 2.0.0.M1 - 2.0.0.M7
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Date Public
2018-01-30 00:00
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