What is CVE-2017-4973?

CVE-2017-4973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudfoundry Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-4973?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cloudfoundry Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh

CVE-2017-4973

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v257; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.14, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.8, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.10, and other versions prior to v3.15.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.12, 24.x versions prior to v24.7, and other versions prior to v30. A vulnerability has been identified with the groups endpoint in UAA allowing users to elevate their privileges.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cloudfoundry Cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh — versions 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Pivotal_software Cloud_foundry_cf
Pivotal_software Cloud_foundry_uaa — versions 2.2.5.4, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
N/a Cloud Foundry Uaa — versions Cloud Foundry UAA

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4973?: CVE-2017-4973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudfoundry Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-4973?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.