PT-2017-17778 · Foreman · Foreman

Published 2017-05-26 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-7505

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foreman versions 1.5 and later

Description The issue is related to an incorrect authorization check. Users with user management permission, assigned to some organization(s), can perform all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user objects outside of their scope. This includes editing global admin accounts and changing their passwords.

Recommendations For Foreman versions 1.5 and later, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7505

Affected Products

Foreman

References · 5

• https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7505 · Security Note
• http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7505 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98607 · Note