Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in FusionCompute - CVE-2017-8158
Published: November 22, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37878
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8158
CWE-ID: CWE-732
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Huawei
Affected software:
FusionCompute
FusionCompute
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to a crash the entire system.
FusionCompute V100R005C00 and V100R005C10 have an improper authorization vulnerability due to improper permission settings for a certain file on the host machine. An authenticated attacker could create a large number of virtual machine (VM) processes to exhaust system resources. Successful exploit could make new VMs unavailable.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-8158
Install update from vendor's website.