Medium severity · published Mar 13, 2018
CVE-2016-9575
Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command
6.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freeipa · Freeipa
4.2.0; 4.2.0; 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.2.3; 4.2.4; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9575
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9575
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95068
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395311
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