9.8

CVE-2017-4992: cloudfoundry cf-release Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-jcmh-x32v-7mgf
Published 13-06-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-4992 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cloudfoundry cf-release. EPSS estimates a 1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.17%
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. 13-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v261; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.17, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.11, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.13, and other versions prior to v4.2.0; and UAA bosh release (uaa-release) 13.x versions prior to v13.15, 24.x versions prior to v24.10, 30.x versions prior to 30.3, and other versions prior to v37. There is privilege escalation (arbitrary password reset) with user invitations.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cloudfoundry2 products
  • cf-release≤ 260
  • cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh≤ 27 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.10 | 13.11 | 13.12 | 13.13 | 13.14 | 24 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 30 | 30.1 | 30.2
Org.cloudfoundry.identity1 product
  • cloudfoundry-identity-server≥ 2.0.0, < 2.7.4.17 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.6.11 | ≥ 3.7.0, < 3.9.13 | ≥ 3.10.0, < 4.2.0
Pivotal_software1 product
  • cloud_foundry_uaa≤ 4.2.0 | 2.2.5.4 | 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 | 2.7.4.14 | 2.7.4.15 | 2.7.4.16 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4 | 3.6.5 | 3.6.6 | 3.6.7 | 3.6.8 | 3.6.9 | 3.6.10 | 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 | 3.9.10 | 3.9.11 | 3.9.12 | 3.9.13

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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