Vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Bosh

CVE-2017-4961

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release 261.x versions prior to 261.3 and all 260.x versions. In certain cases an authenticated Director user can provide a malicious checksum that could allow them to escalate their privileges on the Director VM, aka "BOSH Director Shell Injection Vulnerabilities."

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-4961: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Cloud Foundry Bosh — versions 260, 260.1, 260.2
  • Cloud Foundry Foundation Bosh Release — versions Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4961?
CVE-2017-4961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Bosh, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-4961?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.