CVE-2019-11279 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cloud Foundry UAA versions prior to 74.1.0. An authenticated attacker can exploit a flaw in scope request handling to gain unauthorized access to any scope, effectively taking control of UAA and its managed resources. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for a remote attacker to fully compromise the system necessitates prompt patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 74.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:uaa_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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