CVE-2017-12191 (GCVE-0-2017-12191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-28 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:28
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC (VMWare Remote Console) functions that may not be appropriate for users of CloudForms (and thus this account). An attacker could use this vulnerability to view and make changes to settings in the VMRC and virtual machines controlled by it that they should not have access to.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1081 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0374 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500517 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat, Inc. CloudForms Affected: Through 5.9
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Date Public
2018-02-27 00:00
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