Description
A flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC (VMWare Remote Console) functions that may not be appropriate for users of CloudForms (and thus this account). An attacker could use this vulnerability to view and make changes to settings in the VMRC and virtual machines controlled by it that they should not have access to.
Published: 2018-02-28
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3766 A flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC (VMWare Remote Console) functions that may not be appropriate for users of CloudForms (and thus this account). An attacker could use this vulnerability to view and make changes to settings in the VMRC and virtual machines controlled by it that they should not have access to.
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Redhat Cloudforms Cloudforms Managementengine
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.718Z

Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12191

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-28T13:29:00.210

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:09:01.327

Link: CVE-2017-12191

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12191 - Bugzilla

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