An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud-init | Canonical | * | 0.7.0 (excluding) |
| Cloud-init | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Cloud-init | Ubuntu | precise | * |