CVE-2017-12189

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 10, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-12189: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix