# CVE-2017-7530: In CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1, it was found that privilege check is missing when invoking arbit

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat cfme: 5.7.3, 5.8.1

## Description

In CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1, it was found that privilege check is missing when invoking arbitrary methods via filtering on VMs that MiqExpression will execute that is triggerable by API users. An attacker could use this to execute actions they should not be allowed to (e.g. destroying VMs).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat cfme, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100151
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7530
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1758

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