CVE-2014-3486 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-07-07 14:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-07 03:00:00

Affected Software

Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine 5.2

5.2

Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine 5.2.1

5.2.1

Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine 5.2.1.6

5.2.1.6

Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine 5.2.2

5.2.2

Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine 5.2.3

5.2.3

Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine 5.2.3.2

5.2.3.2

References

RHSA-2014:0816

Vendor Advisory

68300

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107528

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