6.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-9575
Red Hat IdM Certificate Profile Modification Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Description

Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Freeipa freeipa
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-2016-9575.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95068 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395311 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-863
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395311 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395311 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95068 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95068 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.2.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Ipa before version 4.4.0-14 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks. Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95068 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.12 }} -0.01%

score

0.45763

percentile

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