CVE-2019-3798

Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: April 17, 2019 at 01:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCapi Release

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller API Release, versions prior to 1.79.0, contains improper authentication when validating user permissions. A remote authenticated malicious user with the ability to create UAA clients and knowledge of the email of a victim in the foundation may escalate their privileges to that of the victim by creating a client with a name equal to the guid of their victim.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.79.0
Affected range stops below 1.79.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108095

CVSS

6MEDIUMdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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