CVE-2018-1196

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1196
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1196.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-1196
Aliases
Published
2018-03-19T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-02-19T00:18:37Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 "runuser" 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 "runuser" 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

Affected packages

Git / github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
Events