CVE-2017-4992: cloudfoundry cf-release Improper Privilege Management
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.
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 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 versionsEPSS 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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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
8 links- github.com/cloudfoundry/uaaPACKAGE