CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.0
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the nova ec2 api security group implementation in openstack compute (nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not enforce rbac policies for (1) add_rules, (2) remove_rules, (3) destroy, and other unspecified methods in compute/api.py when using non-default policies, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via these api requests.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2014-04-15
Last Modified Date: 2014-06-21