High severity · published Jul 6, 2018
CVE-2017-2665
The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but…
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SC
Storage Console · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2665
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2665
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97612
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2665
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