Kubernetes up to 1.5.4 PodSecurityPolicy Admission Plugin PodSecurityPolicy Object access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
8.3$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kubernetes 1.5.0/1.5.1/1.5.2/1.5.3/1.5.4 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component PodSecurityPolicy Admission Plugin. Executing a manipulation as part of PodSecurityPolicy Object can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-1000056. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Kubernetes 1.5.0/1.5.1/1.5.2/1.5.3/1.5.4 (Virtualization Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component PodSecurityPolicy Admission Plugin. The manipulation as part of a PodSecurityPolicy Object leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Kubernetes version 1.5.0-1.5.4 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin resulting in the ability to make use of any existing PodSecurityPolicy object.

The bug was discovered 03/21/2017. The weakness was presented 07/17/2017 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-1000056 since 07/10/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 118 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.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

03/21/2017 🔍
07/10/2017 +111 days 🔍
07/17/2017 +7 days 🔍
07/17/2017 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2017 +0 days 🔍
12/12/2022 +1974 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 43459
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-1000056 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1000056
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103618

Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2017 23:55
Updated: 12/12/2022 14:35
Changes: 07/17/2017 23:55 (57), 10/26/2019 12:28 (2), 12/12/2022 14:35 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!