VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1198
A malicious user with access to the logs could escalate their privileges using this password.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.96%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Pivotal Cloud Cache, versions prior to 1.3.1, prints a superuser password in plain text during BOSH deployment logs. A malicious user with access to the logs could escalate their privileges using this password.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.96% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- pivotal software/pivotal cloud cache
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
References
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1198Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1198Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.