CVE-2017-4973: cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-4973 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh. EPSS estimates a 1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 13-06-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v257; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.14, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.8, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.10, and other versions prior to v3.15.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.12, 24.x versions prior to v24.7, and other versions prior to v30. A vulnerability has been identified with the groups endpoint in UAA allowing users to elevate their privileges.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.07%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
64%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.07% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Pivotal_software2 products
- cloud_foundry_cf≤ 256
- cloud_foundry_uaa2.2.5.4 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.4.1 | 2.7.4.2 | 2.7.4.3 | 2.7.4.4 | 2.7.4.5 | 2.7.4.6 | 2.7.4.7 | 2.7.4.8 | 2.7.4.9 | 2.7.4.11 | 2.7.4.12 | 2.7.4.13 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4 | 3.6.5 | 3.6.6 | 3.6.7 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.2 | 3.9.3 | 3.9.4 | 3.9.5 | 3.9.6 | 3.9.7 | 3.9.8 | 3.9.9 | 3.9.12 | 3.9.13
Cloudfoundry1 product
- cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh≤ 30 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.10 | 13.11 | 24 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 30.3
Org.cloudfoundry.identity1 product
- cloudfoundry-identity-server≥ 2.0.0, < 2.7.4.14 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.6.8 | ≥ 3.7.0, < 3.9.10 | ≥ 3.10.0, < 3.15.0
3 vendors · 4 products
References
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- github.com/cloudfoundry/uaaPACKAGE