CVE-2018-1000634

Description

The Open Microscopy Environment OMERO.server version 5.4.0 to 5.4.6 contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability in User management that can result in administrative user with privilege restrictions logging in as a more powerful administrator. This attack appear to be exploitable via Use user administration privilege to set the password of a more powerful administrator. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.4.7.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.27%
Vendor Advisory openmicroscopy.org Vendor Advisory openmicroscopy.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.openmicroscopy.org/2018/07/26/omero-5-4-7.html patch vendor advisory
https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2018-SV3-modify-user-password/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000634?
CVE-2018-1000634 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000634?
To fix CVE-2018-1000634, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000634 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-1000634 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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