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CVE-2017-4959

Published: Jun 13, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in Pivotal PCF Elastic Runtime 1.8.x versions prior to 1.8.29 and 1.9.x versions prior to 1.9.7. Pivotal Cloud Foundry deployments using the Pivotal Account application are vulnerable to a flaw which allows an authorized user to take over the account of another user, causing account lockout and potential escalation of privileges.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

cloud foundry elastic runtime pivotal software

SaaS

Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

PCF Elastic Runtime n/a

pivotal softwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka pivotal

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96218

securityfocus.com

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4959

Timeline

Published

Jun 13, 2017

Last Updated

May 13, 2026

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