CVE-2014-3486 in CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine

Summary

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

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• Reservation: 05/14/2014
• Disclosure: 07/07/2014
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-70299 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00176
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3486
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3486
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-3486/