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Privilege Context Switching Error

CVE-2017-2663

High
8.2/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-270 - Privilege Context Switching Error

The software does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published