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CVE-2016-7040 Details

Description

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html CVEMitigationVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893 CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html [email protected]MitigationVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat cloudforms management engine
4.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7040
NVD Published Date:
Oct 7, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]