title: Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller
description: Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller API Release, versions prior to 1.79.0, contains improper authentication when validating user permissions. A remote authenticated malicious user with the ability to create UAA clients and knowledge of the email of a victim in the foundation may escalate their privileges to that of the victim by creating a client with a name equal to the guid of their victim.
problem types: CWE-287: Improper Authentication - Generic
affected:
{
product: CAPI-release
vendor: Cloud Foundry
versions:
lessThan: 1.79.0, status: affected, version: All, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 6
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: HIGH
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
version: 3.0
]