CVE-2020-25716 Privilege escalation in Cloudforms
An attacker with a specific group can escalate privileges to perform administrator-only actions like exporting or importing files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-25716?
CVE-2020-25716 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudforms, published on 7 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Cloudforms. A role-based privileges escalation flaw where export or import of administrator files is possible. An attacker with a specific group can perform actions restricted only to system administrator. This is the affect of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-10783. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. Versions before cfme 5.11.10.1 are affected
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25716?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (8)
cfme Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
cfme-amazon-smartstate Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
cfme-appliance Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
cfme-appliance-common Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
cfme-appliance-tools Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
cfme-gemset Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
v2v-conversion-host Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:1.16.2-6.el8ev |
v2v-conversion-host-ansible Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:1.16.2-6.el8ev |
Products include Redhat Cloudforms.
How do I fix CVE-2020-25716?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-25716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cloudforms
Sources
Also known as RHSA-2020:5554.