CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1196

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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-03-19 06:29

Updated : 2022-04-07 03:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-1196

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1196

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59