Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 68.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2018-1196
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:1.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0