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CVE-2010-5142

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
08/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.

Impact

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:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.8.10 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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