CVE-ID |
CVE-2017-8438
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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Description |
Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
Elastic |
Date Record Created |
20170502 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20170502) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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