CVE-2017-4961

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4961
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-13 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release 261.x versions prior to 261.3 and all 260.x versions. In certain cases an authenticated Director user can provide a malicious checksum that could allow them to escalate their privileges on the Director VM, aka "BOSH Director Shell Injection Vulnerabilities."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-354 | BOSH Director Shell Injection Vulnerabilities


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.1 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.2 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.3 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.4 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.5 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.6 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 260.7 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 261 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 261.1 All All All
Application Cloud Foundry Bosh 261.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release affected Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-4961: BOSH Director Shell Injection Vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cloudfoundry.org Vendor Advisory
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