Privileged Access Vulnerability in CloudForms VMware Integration

CVE-2017-12191 · HIGH Severity

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

A flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC (VMWare Remote Console) functions that may not be appropriate for users of CloudForms (and thus this account). An attacker could use this vulnerability to view and make changes to settings in the VMRC and virtual machines controlled by it that they should not have access to.

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