CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-15869

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) developer who does not specify the --owners flag when describing images via AWS CLI, and therefore not properly validating source software per AWS recommended security best practices, may unintentionally load an undesired and potentially malicious Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the uncurated public community AMI catalog.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:packer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-08-25 12:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-15869

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15869

Products Affected

Hashicorp

Packer

CWE
CWE-732