8.8high
CVE-2016-7040
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and…
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/93893 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-7040
- NVD: CVE-2016-7040
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