CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-8446

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Aug 18, 2017 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
X-pack Elasticsearch * 5.5.1 (including)
X-pack_reporting Elasticsearch * 2.4.5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References