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CVE-2016-6811

Insecure Inherited Permissions in Apache Hadoop

Also known as GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.6%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known

In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common
>=2.0.0-alpha, <2.7.4
2.7.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions

References

  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/9ba3c12bbdfd5b2cae60909e48f92608e00c8d99196390b8cfeca307%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop. · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6811 · advisory
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/9ba3c12bbdfd5b2cae60909e48f92608e00c8d99196390b8cfeca307@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.ap · web

Sources

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