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CVE-2014-0087 (GCVE-0-2014-0087)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-11 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:05
VLAI
Summary
The check_privileges method in vmdb/app/controllers/application_controller.rb in ManageIQ, as used in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME), allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization and gain privileges by leveraging improper RBAC checking, related to the rbac_user_edit action.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-02-02 00:00
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