CVE-2019-3798 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-3798: Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller

Vendor Cloud Foundry
Product CAPI-release
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published April 17, 2019
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cloud 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2019 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated