8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-7071
Red Hat CloudForms VM ID Privilege Escalation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary VMs on systems managed by CloudForms if they know the ID of the VM.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 10, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:34 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7071 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 Redhat cloudforms_management_engine
2 Redhat cloudforms
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-7071.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7071 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]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-285
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7071 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.6.2.2 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.7.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.7.0.7
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2091.html [No Types Assigned]
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-2016-7071 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-2016-7071 weaknesses.

CAPEC-1: Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-5: Blue Boxing Blue Boxing CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-17: Using Malicious Files Using Malicious Files CAPEC-39: Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-51: Poison Web Service Registry Poison Web Service Registry CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-77: Manipulating User-Controlled Variables Manipulating User-Controlled Variables CAPEC-87: Forceful Browsing Forceful Browsing CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-127: Directory Indexing Directory Indexing CAPEC-402: Bypassing ATA Password Security Bypassing ATA Password Security CAPEC-647: Collect Data from Registries Collect Data from Registries CAPEC-668: Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack (KNOB) Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack (KNOB)
Exploit Prediction

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

0.13 }} -0.01%

score

0.48556

percentile

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