CVE-2014-0167 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Nova EC2 API security group implementation within OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to bypass Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policies for methods like add_rules, remove_rules, and destroy when non-default policies are in use. With a CVSS score of 6.0, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2013.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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