Foreman 1.5 User Management access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Foreman 1.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component User Management. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-7505. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Foreman 1.5 (Service Management Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component User Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Foreman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user object outside of their scope, such as editing global admin accounts including changing their passwords.

The bug was discovered 05/22/2017. The weakness was presented 05/26/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at projects.theforeman.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7505 since 04/05/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98607†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

04/05/2017 🔍
05/22/2017 +47 days 🔍
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05/26/2017 +4 days 🔍
05/26/2017 +0 days 🔍
05/27/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2022 +2020 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 19612
Researcher: David Caplan
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101808
SecurityFocus: 98607 - Foreman CVE-2017-7505 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-7505 - Theforeman - Foreman - Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2017 09:49
Updated: 12/07/2022 12:26
Changes: 05/27/2017 09:49 (58), 10/03/2020 16:56 (5), 12/25/2020 17:28 (2), 12/07/2022 12:26 (3)
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