redhat spacewalk CVE-2017-7470 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on July 27, 2018

It was found that spacewalk-channel can be used by a non-admin user or disabled users to perform administrative tasks due to an incorrect authorization check in backend/server/rhnChannel.py.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

CVE-2017-7470 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2017-7470

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Affected Versions

[UNKNOWN] spacewalk-backend Version n/a is affected by CVE-2017-7470

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.73%
Percentile
72.39%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.