CVE-2018-1196 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9