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CVE-2017-12189

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12189 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA, stemming from unsafe file handling within its jboss init script. This flaw, an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656, allows a local attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low privileges and complexity. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in the KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (24)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7Fixed in: eap-parent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.1.0-19.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.3.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-remoting-0:4.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jgroups-0:3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.1.0-19.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.3.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-remoting-0:4.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jgroups-0:3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12189Important

jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)

Jan 3, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0002
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0003
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0004
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0005
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102407
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry