CVE-2017-8438

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8438
  • Assigner
  • bressers@elastic.co
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-05T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:30:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released Patch Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8438
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8438
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:08:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:26:05 security@elastic.co bressers@elastic.co CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 17:26:05 2017-06-05T14:29Z 2017-06-05T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:26:05 2019-10-09T23:30:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:26:05 Modified Vulnerability Status updated