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FKIE_CVE-2018-1196

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-03-19 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:50

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	security_alert@emc.com	https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
vmware	spring_boot	*
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0
vmware	spring_boot	2.0.0

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-19 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:27

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

privilege escalation

Assigner

dell mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Dell EMC	Spring Boot	Affected: 1.5.0 - 1.5.9 Affected: 2.0.0.M1 - 2.0.0.M7

Date Public

2018-01-30 00:00

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