High severity · published Sep 29, 2017
CVE-2017-8448
An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user…
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XP
X-pack · Elastic
5.0.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.1.1; 5.2.0; 5.2.1; +9 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8448
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8448
Mitigation
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884
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