CVE-2019-3798

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3798
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-17 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:49:00 UTC
DescriptionCloud Foundry Cloud Controller API Release, versions prior to 1.79.0, contains improper authentication when validating user permissions. A remote authenticated malicious user with the ability to create UAA clients and knowledge of the email of a victim in the foundation may escalate their privileges to that of the victim by creating a client with a name equal to the guid of their victim.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cloudfoundry Capi-release All All All All
Application Cloudfoundry Capi-release All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pivotal Application Service CVE-2019-3798 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2019-3798: Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller | Cloud Foundry CONFIRM www.cloudfoundry.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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