CloudForms: lack of RBAC on various methods in web UI
Published Jul 26, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.30%
Description
CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1 lacks RBAC controls on certain methods in the rails application portion of CloudForms. An attacker with access could use a variety of methods within the rails application portion of CloudForms to escalate privileges.
Affected products
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- Version 5.7.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 5.8.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | CloudForms | n/a |
|
- 4.2
- 4.6
- < 5.7.3
- ≥ 5.8 · < 5.8.1
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5.7
cfme-0:5.7.4.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:3484
CloudForms Management Engine 5.7
cfme-appliance-0:5.7.4.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:3484
CloudForms Management Engine 5.7
cfme-gemset-0:5.7.4.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:3484
CloudForms Management Engine 5.7
rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.8.1-2.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:3484
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8
ansible-0:2.3.0.0-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1758
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8
ansible-tower-0:3.1.3-1.el7at
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1758
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8
cfme-0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1758
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8
cfme-appliance-0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1758
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8
cfme-gemset-0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1758
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8
rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.7.2-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1758
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 | cfme-0:5.7.4.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:3484 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 | cfme-appliance-0:5.7.4.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:3484 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 | cfme-gemset-0:5.7.4.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:3484 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 | rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.8.1-2.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:3484 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 | ansible-0:2.3.0.0-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 | ansible-tower-0:3.1.3-1.el7at | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 | cfme-0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 | cfme-appliance-0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 | cfme-gemset-0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 | rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.7.2-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1758 |
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:N/I:H/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.30% (0.01302) | 69.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 44.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 44.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00155) | 51.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00145) | 48.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 28.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1758 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3484 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2664 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435393 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2664 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2664
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2664
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100148 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1758 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3484 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2664 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435393 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2664 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2664 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2664 |
Change history (0)
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