CFME: bypass authorization by altering VM ID
Published Sep 10, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary VMs on systems managed by CloudForms if they know the ID of the VM.
Affected products
-
- Version 5.6.2.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 5.7.0.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 1
- < 5.6.2.2
- ≥ 5.7.0.0 · < 5.7.0.7
Configuration 2
- 4.1
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
cfme-0:5.6.2.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2091
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
cfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2091
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6
cfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2091
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | cfme-0:5.6.2.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2091 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | cfme-appliance-0:5.6.2.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2091 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.6 | cfme-gemset-0:5.6.2.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2091 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02197) | 81.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02197) | 80.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.50% (0.00497) | 63.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00128) | 49.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 49.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00189) | 55.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 53.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7071 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383124 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7071
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7071
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7071 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383124 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7071 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7071 |
Change history (0)
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