Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-4992 is a Cloud Foundry UAA privilege escalation issue tied to user invitations. The reported impact is arbitrary password reset, which could let an attacker take over accounts if affected versions are deployed. The provided sources do not include CVSS, CWE, or confirmed exploitation evidence.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority legacy platform risk if Cloud Foundry UAA is present. Account takeover through password reset can create broad business impact, but urgency depends on whether affected versions remain deployed.
Technical view
The issue affects Cloud Foundry cf-release before v261, UAA release 2.x before 2.7.4.17, 3.6.x before 3.6.11, 3.9.x before 3.9.13, other UAA versions before 4.2.0, and uaa-release branches before listed fixed releases. The vulnerability is described as privilege escalation through arbitrary password reset with user invitations.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in legacy Cloud Foundry environments running affected cf-release, UAA release, or uaa-release versions. The source bundle does not identify specific cloud providers, deployment configurations, or prerequisites beyond the user invitation-related password reset issue.
Exploitation context
The provided data does not show active exploitation. The CVE is not marked as CISA KEV in the bundle, and no cited source in the prompt confirms exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and Cloud Foundry reference in the supplied bundle. No CVSS vector, CWE mapping, exploit detail, or full mitigation narrative is provided. Avoid assuming exploitability conditions beyond the documented user invitation password reset issue.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Cloud Foundry cf-release to v261 or later.
- Upgrade UAA release to the fixed version for your branch.
- Upgrade uaa-release to the fixed version for your branch.
- Review Cloud Foundry vendor guidance for any branch-specific remediation details.
- Assess password reset and invitation logs for suspicious account changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed Cloud Foundry cf-release, UAA release, and uaa-release versions.
- Compare deployed versions against the affected version ranges in the CVE description.
- Confirm user invitation and password reset behavior after upgrading.
- Review account takeover indicators around invitation and password reset events.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Credential and access behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2017-4992/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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CWE details
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