Name: CVE-2018-15869: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-15869, CWE-732, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00553

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade packer	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 25, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade python2-boto3Upgrade python2-botocoreUpgrade python2-s3transferUpgrade python3-botocoreUpgrade aws-cliUpgrade python3-s3transferUpgrade python3-boto3	Nov 29, 2019	Aug 24, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 25, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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