Privilege escalation in CloudForms - CVE-2017-12191
Published: March 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10804
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12191
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
CloudForms
CloudForms
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.
Red Hat Inc.
Description
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.
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.