CVE-2017-12191

Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

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.

Affected products

CloudForms: 4.5

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0374
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500517
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0374
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500517

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