CVE-2017-2632 Privilege escalation in cfme
A logic error in CloudForms allows tenant administrators to create groups with excessive privileges, enabling privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-2632?
CVE-2017-2632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat cfme, published on 27 Jul 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A logic error in valid_role() in CloudForms role validation before 5.7.1.3 could allow a tenant administrator to create groups with a higher privilege level than the tenant administrator should have. This would allow an attacker with tenant administration access to elevate privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2632?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Cloudforms, Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2632?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-2632 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2632 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat cfme
Sources
Also known as GHSA-859c-mmxf-c34p.