SB2018030110 - Privilege escalation in Red Hat CloudForms
Published: March 1, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030110
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12191)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the Red Hat CloudForms account configuration feature due to the use of a shared account that has privileged access to VMware Remote Console (VMRC) functions. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access to the system and view or modify settings in the VMRC and other virtual machines being managed by the VMRC plug-in.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.