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CVE-2017-8040

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Publication date:
09/09/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

In Single Sign-On for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4 and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3, an XXE (XML External Entity) attack was discovered in the Single Sign-On service dashboard. Privileged users can in some cases upload malformed XML leading to exposure of data on the Single Sign-On service broker file system.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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