High severity · published Jul 27, 2018
CVE-2017-2663
It was found that subscription-manager's DBus interface before 1.19.4 let unprivileged user access the com.redhat.RHSM1.Facts.GetFacts and com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.Set methods
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was found that subscription-manager's DBus interface before 1.19.4 let unprivileged user access the com.redhat.RHSM1.Facts.GetFacts and com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.Set methods. An unprivileged local attacker could use these methods to gain access to private information, or launch a privilege escalation attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Subscription-manager · Redhat
before 1.19.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2663
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2663
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97015
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2663
Patch
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/2aa48ef65
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