Vigil@nce - AngularJS: privilege escalation via Object.prototype merge
February 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ansible Tower.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, data creation/edition.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 17/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Object.prototype merge()
of AngularJS, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/AngularJS-privilege-escalation-via-Object-prototype-merge-31166