CVE-2017-12189
N/A
Published: January 10, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxJBoss Enterprise Application Platform
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102407Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0002Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0003Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0004Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0005x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-282NVD-CWE-noinfo
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