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CVE-2017-2663

subscription-manager: unsafe dbus interface

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.2

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 20, 2017

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

It was found that subscription-manager's DBus interface let unprivileged user access the com.redhat.RHSM1.Facts.GetFacts and com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.Set methods. An unprivileged local attacker could use these methods to gain access to private information, or launch a privilege escalation attack.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of subscription-manager as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include support for the DBus interface.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-270 · Privilege Context Switching Error