CVE-2010-5142

Published Aug 8, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

Description
chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations