Privilege escalation in CloudForms - CVE-2017-2664
Published: December 22, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9709
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2664
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the targeted system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient role-based access control (RBAC) on certain methods within the rails application portion. A remote attacker can gain system privileges and conduct further attacks.
The weakness exists due to insufficient role-based access control (RBAC) on certain methods within the rails application portion. A remote attacker can gain system privileges and conduct further attacks.
Affected software
CloudForms
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2664
Install update from vendor's website.