What is CVE-2017-4992?

CVE-2017-4992 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cloudfoundry Cf-release, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-4992?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cloudfoundry Cf-release

CVE-2017-4992

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v261; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.17, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.11, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.13, and other versions prior to v4.2.0; and U…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cloudfoundry Cf-release
Cloudfoundry Cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh — versions 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Pivotal_software Cloud_foundry_uaa — versions 2.2.5.4, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
N/a Cloud Foundry — versions Cloud Foundry

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4992?: CVE-2017-4992 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cloudfoundry Cf-release, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-4992?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.