High severity · published Sep 11, 2018
CVE-2016-7070
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower
8.0
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Ansible Tower · Redhat
before 3.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7070
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7070
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070
Release Notes
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html
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