CVE-2016-6807

Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system. Such operations are invoked by the Ambari Agent process on Ambari Agent hosts, as the user executing the Ambari Agent process.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-03-28 13:59

Updated : 2017-04-04 08:42

NVD link : CVE-2016-6807

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6807

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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Products Affected

apache

ambari

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