6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-1481
Ansible Tower Privilege Escalation
Description

Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2015, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2018, 7:55 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1481 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ansible tower

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1481 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ansible:tower:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150113-1_Ansible-Tower_multiple-vulnerabilities_v10.txt No Types Assigned https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150113-1_Ansible-Tower_multiple-vulnerabilities_v10.txt Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/52 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/52 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129944/Ansible-Tower-2.0.2-XSS-Privilege-Escalation-Authentication-Missing.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129944/Ansible-Tower-2.0.2-XSS-Privilege-Escalation-Authentication-Missing.html Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35786 No Types Assigned http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35786 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-264
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1481 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1481 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.54 }} -0.23%

score

0.76828

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability