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CVE-2017-8438

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Publication date:
05/06/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.50
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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