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CVE-2016-7070

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.0
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 51%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.08.0CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA3.08.0CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD3.08.0CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.05.2AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible Tower

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • docs.ansible.com /ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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