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CVE-2016-7040: redhat cloudforms_management_engine Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2016:1996
Published 07-10-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7040 is a high (CVSS 9.0) Improper Access Control vulnerability in redhat cloudforms_management_engine. EPSS estimates a 2.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-10-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.26%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat12 products
  • cloudforms_management_engine4.1
  • cfme< 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance< 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance-debuginfo< 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf
  • cfme-debuginfo< 0:5.6.2.1-1.el7cf

1 vendor · 12 products

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