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CVE-2017-12189
It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Red Hat, Inc. · Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
- affected 7.0.7.GA
References
6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12189 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 102407 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-3764 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-12189)Record last updated .