Vulnerability in Redhat Cloudforms 3.0 Management Engine

CVE-2014-3486

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Redhat Cloudforms_3.0_management_engine — versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.1.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)