CVE-2015-6861 describes a critical vulnerability in HPE Helion Eucalyptus versions 3.4.0 through 4.2.0, allowing remote authenticated users to bypass the AssumeRole permission requirement and assume an IAM role due to a flaw in policy settings. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low privileges and high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.