CVE-2019-12491 is a critical vulnerability affecting OnApp versions before 5.0.0-88, 5.5.0-93, and 6.0.0-196, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on servers managed by OnApp for XEN/KVM hypervisors. The attack requires an attacker to control a single server within the cloud, from which they can trigger the OnApp platform to execute commands on target servers. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.6 (MEDIUM) due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high privileges and high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), there has been some community discussion, indicating awareness of the vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onapp:onapp:5.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onapp:onapp:5.0.0:update_79:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onapp:onapp:5.0.0:update_82:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onapp:onapp:5.0.0:update_83:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onapp:onapp:5.0.0:update_87:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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