Privilege escalation in Openmicroscopy Omero
CVE-2018-1000634
The Open Microscopy Environment OMERO.server version 5.4.0 to 5.4.6 contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability in User management that can result in administrative user with privilege restrictions logging in as a more powerful administrator. This attack appear to be exploitable via Use user administration privilege to set the password of a more powerful administrator. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.4.7.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openmicroscopy.org/2018/07/26/omero-5-4-7.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2018-SV3-modify-user-password/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1000634?
- CVE-2018-1000634 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openmicroscopy Omero, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-08-20.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1000634?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.