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CVE-2015-7502 json

Red Hat CloudForms 3.2 Management Engine (CFME) 5.4.4 and CloudForms 4.0 Management Engine (CFME) 5.5.0 do not properly encrypt data in the…

published 2016-04-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-7424

cvss
5.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat CloudForms 3.2 Management Engine (CFME) 5.4.4 and CloudForms 4.0 Management Engine (CFME) 5.5.0 do not properly encrypt data in the backend PostgreSQL database, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive data and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to (1) database exports or (2) log files.

Patch / fix

  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf
  • cfme-lib cloudforms managementengine 5 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf
  • cfme-gemset cloudforms managementengine 5 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf
  • cfme-appliance cloudforms managementengine 5 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf
  • wmi cloudforms managementengine 5 1.3.14-6.el7cf
  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5 5.5.0.13-2.el7cf
  • prince cloudforms managementengine 5 9.0r2-10.el7cf
  • cfme-gemset cloudforms managementengine 5 5.5.0.13-1.el7cf

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2620RHSA-2015:2551

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-7502 updated cvss 4.7

CloudForms: insecure password storage in PostgreSQL database

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.4 cfme 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf, cfme-lib 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf, cfme-gemset 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf, cfme-appliance 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2620
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.5 wmi 1.3.14-6.el7cf, cfme 5.5.0.13-2.el7cf, prince 9.0r2-10.el7cf, cfme-gemset 5.5.0.13-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance 5.5.0.13-1.el7cf, rh-ruby22-rubygem-ffi 1.9.8-4.el7cf, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2551

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.