CVE-2017-7505

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7505
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-26 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionForeman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user object outside of their scope, such as editing global admin accounts including changing their passwords.

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-863 | CWE-269 | CWE-863 CWE-863


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 Theforeman Foreman 1.10.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.0 rc3 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.10.4 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.0 rc3 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.11.4 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.0 rc3 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.4 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.13.4 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.0 rc3 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.15.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.15.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.15.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.5.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.5.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.5.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.5.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.6.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.6.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.6.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.6.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.4 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.7.5 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.0 rc3 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.8.4 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.0 rc2 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.0 rc3 All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.1 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.2 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.9.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Foreman Foreman affected 1.5 and higher Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #19612: CVE-2017-7505: User scoped in organization with permissions for user management can manage administrators that are not assigned to any organization - Foreman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.theforeman.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fixes #19612 - CVE-2017-7505 don't expose admin to taxed users by ares · Pull Request #4545 · theforeman/foreman · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Foreman CVE-2017-7505 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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