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CVE-2017-12191

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.4.3.0-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: ansible-tower-0:3.1.5-3.el7at
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: cfme-0:5.8.3.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: cfme-appliance-0:5.8.3.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: cfme-gemset-0:5.8.3.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: postgresql94-0:9.4.15-3PGDG.el7at
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: python-crypto-0:2.6.1-16.el7at
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: python-jmespath-0:0.9.0-4.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: python-paramiko-0:2.1.1-2.el7ae
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12191Important

CFME: VMRC plugin console grants users administrative access

Feb 27, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0374
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory