Arbitrary Command Execution via Symlink Attack in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine

Arbitrary Command Execution via Symlink Attack in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine

CVE-2014-3486 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

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