CVE-2014-5040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

HP Helion Eucalyptus 4.1.x before 4.1.2 and HPE Helion Eucalyptus 4.2.x before 4.2.1 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify arbitrary (1) access key credentials by leveraging knowledge of a key ID or (2) signing certificates by leveraging knowledge of a certificate ID.

Published: 2016-01-05

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:4.2.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-4939	HP Helion Eucalyptus 4.1.x before 4.1.2 and HPE Helion Eucalyptus 4.2.x before 4.2.1 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify arbitrary (1) access key credentials by leveraging knowledge of a key ID or (2) signing certificates by leveraging knowledge of a certificate ID.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00093.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04926463
https://www.eucalyptus.com/resources/security/advisories/esa-32

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Eucalyptus Eucalyptus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-05T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:37.315Z

Reserved: 2014-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5040

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-05T02:59:00.113

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-5040

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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