CVE-2016-8528 Privilege escalation in Helion Eucalyptus

What is CVE-2016-8528?

CVE-2016-8528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Helion Eucalyptus, published on 15 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Remote Escalation of Privilege vulnerability in HPE Helion Eucalyptus version 3.3.0 through 4.3.1 was found.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8528?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Eucalyptus Eucalyptus.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8528?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8528 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-8528 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Helion Eucalyptus

• CVE-2013-4767 Unspecified vulnerability in Eucalyptus before 3.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-8520 Missing authorization in Helion Eucalyptus High 8.8
• CVE-2015-6861 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2012-3240 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2012-3241 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-42g9-595g-jfg4.