CVE-2016-6811

CWE-264CWE-268CWE-27713 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apache HadoopApache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common2.0.0-alpha — 2.7.4
▶NVDapache/hadoop2.2.0 — 2.7.3
▶CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_hadoopApache Hadoop 2.7.4 to 2.7.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Insecure Inherited Permissions in Apache Hadoop↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
Insecure Inherited Permissions in Apache Hadoop↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
Arbitrary Command Execution in Hadoop↗2018-12-21
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6811: In Apache Hadoop 2↗2017-04-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
hadoop: Privilege escalation to root (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6811)↗2018-11-27
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Red Hat
hadoop: privilege escalation to root↗2018-05-01
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Apache
Apache hadoop: CVE-2018-11766↗
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Apache
Apache hadoop: CVE-2016-6811↗
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11766 hadoop: Privilege escalation to root (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6811) [fedora-all]↗2018-11-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11766 hadoop: Privilege escalation to root (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6811)↗2018-11-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6811 hadoop: privilege escalation to root [fedora-all]↗2018-05-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6811 hadoop: privilege escalation to root↗2018-05-04
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