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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2011-5098

High
7.3/10

Summary

chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.10.6.beta.1, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging read permission for the validation key and executing a knife client create command with the --admin option.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published