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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj
Aliases CVE-2016-6811
Summary Insecure Inherited Permissions in Apache Hadoop 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj/GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj.json
generic_textual HIGH
Reference id Reference type URL
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ba3c12bbdfd5b2cae60909e48f92608e00c8d99196390b8cfeca307@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
CVE-2016-6811 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6811
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj/GHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

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required

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changed

high

low

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high

low

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high

low

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There are no SSVC decisions available.