CVE-2021-20253
Ansible-Tower Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in ansible-tower. The default installation is vulnerable to Job Isolation escape allowing an attacker to elevate the privilege from a low privileged user to the awx user from outside the isolated environment. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
INFO
Published Date :
March 9, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 2, 2021, 4:35 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
0.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2021-20253 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-20253.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928847 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
CVE-2021-20253: Privilege Escalation via Job Isolation Escape in Ansible Tower
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-20253 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 15, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928847 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928847 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.6.7 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7.0 up to (excluding) 3.7.5 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.8.0 up to (excluding) 3.8.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-20253 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-2021-20253
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
0.10264
percentile