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CVE-2017-2632

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2632 describes a logic error in the role validation of CloudForms before version 5.7.1.3, allowing a tenant administrator to create groups with elevated privileges. This vulnerability affects Red Hat CloudForms and CloudForms Management Engine. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium), it requires high privileges (PR:H) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by enabling privilege escalation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,565 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.7Fixed in: cfme-0:5.7.1.3-1.el7cf
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.7Fixed in: cfme-appliance-0:5.7.1.3-1.el7cf
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.7Fixed in: cfme-gemset-0:5.7.1.3-1.el7cf
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2632Moderate

cfme: tenant administrator can create a group with higher permissions

Feb 27, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0320.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96478
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry