Base Score

HIGH8.8

CVE-2016-6811

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.

VectorNETWORK

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateApr 11, 2017, 14:59

Affected Versions(1)

org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common(Maven)

Introduced2.0.0-alpha

Fixed2.7.4

LimitN/A

Package (Ecosystem)	Introduced	Fixed	Limit
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common(Maven)	2.0.0-alpha	2.7.4	N/A

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-264

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

8.8

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Severity

HIGH

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

LOW

User Interaction (UI)

NONE

Scope (S)

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

HIGH

Integrity (I)

HIGH

Availability (A)

HIGH

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ba3c12bbdfd5b2cae60909e48f92608e00c8d99196390b8cfeca307%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E

Base Score

HIGH8.8

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-264

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

8.8

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Severity

HIGH

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

LOW

User Interaction (UI)

NONE

Scope (S)

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

HIGH

Integrity (I)

HIGH

Availability (A)

HIGH