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 UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.15, 24.x versions prior to v24.10, 30.x versions prior to 30.3, and other versions prior to v37. There is privilege escalation (arbitrary password reset) with user invitations.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.012 (65.2th 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.