CVE-2017-7549
Red Hat OpenStack Platform File Traversal Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 21, 2017, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:31 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.7
Exploitability Score :
1.1
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A flaw was found in instack-undercloud where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7549 [No Types Assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-377 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. A flaw was found in instack-undercloud where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7549 [No Types Assigned] Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-377 Removed CWE Reason CWE-377 / Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-377 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2557 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 31, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2693 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2687 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2649 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 09, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2726 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-59 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 23, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-7549 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-2017-7549
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile