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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium

Status

Modified - security_alert@emc.com

Published

2018-03-19

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Spring Boot (Dell Emc)
• Spring Boot (Vmware)

References

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