Vulnerability identifier: #VU9130

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7536

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Red Hat Virtualization
Server applications / Virtualization software

Vendor: Red Hat Inc.

Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the security manager's reflective permissions are granted to Hibernate Validator. A local attacker can allow the calling code to access private members without the permission, validate an invalid instance, access the private member value via ConstraintViolation#getInvalidValue() and gain execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Virtualization: 4

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External links
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3141

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.