CVE-2014-5040 is a medium-severity access control vulnerability affecting HP Helion Eucalyptus 4.1.x before 4.1.2 and HPE Helion Eucalyptus 4.2.x before 4.2.1. It allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions and modify access key credentials or signing certificates by knowing their respective IDs. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality and integrity with high attack complexity, but does not affect availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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