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CVE-2017-2664 is an access-control weakness in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine. A user who already has access could abuse Rails application methods that lacked proper role checks to gain higher privileges. This is not described as unauthenticated compromise, but it can affect integrity of a CloudForms management environment. Exposure is most likely where Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine is deployed on versions before 5.7.3 or 5.8.x before 5.8.1, especially if lower-privileged users can access the Rails application. Treat as a moderate-priority remediation for environments using CloudForms. It requires existing access, but successful abuse could undermine management-plane integrity by elevating privileges inside the platform. Mitigation focus: Apply the relevant Red Hat CloudForms errata guidance from RHSA-2017:1758 or RHSA-2017:3484.; Upgrade CloudForms versions older than 5.7.3 or vulnerable 5.8.x versions older than 5.8.1.; Restrict CloudForms access to trusted administrative users until remediation is complete..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2017:3484CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:1758CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2664CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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