CVE-2017-8448
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| elastic | x-pack | 5.0.0 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.0.1 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.0.2 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.1.1 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.2.0 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.2.1 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.2.2 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.3.0 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.3.1 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.3.2 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.3.3 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.4.0 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.5.0 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.5.2 | |
| elastic | x-pack | 5.6.0 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-284 CWE-269
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.