CVE-2017-12191 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat CloudForms when integrated with VMware. It stems from the default use of a shared, privileged account for VMRC functions, granting users unauthorized access to view and modify virtual machine settings. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.4, indicating a low-complexity network attack that can lead to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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