CVE-2017-12191

Summary

A flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC (VMWare Remote Console) functions that may not be appropriate for users of CloudForms (and thus this account). An attacker could use this vulnerability to view and make changes to settings in the VMRC and virtual machines controlled by it that they should not have access to.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Red Hat, Inc.CloudFormsThrough 5.9affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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