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…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- dell
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- privilege escalation
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 1.5.0 - 1.5.9
- affected 2.0.0.M1 - 2.0.0.M7
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-bootGHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-1196)Record last updated .