CVE-2017-3166 (GCVE-0-2017-3166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:41
VLAI
Summary
In Apache Hadoop versions 2.6.1 to 2.6.5, 2.7.0 to 2.7.3, and 3.0.0-alpha1, if a file in an encryption zone with access permissions that make it world readable is localized via YARN's localization mechanism, that file will be stored in a world-readable location and can be shared freely with any application that requests to localize that file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege escalation
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1088 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2e16689b44bd… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b25… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop Affected: 2.6.1 to 2.6.5
Affected: 2.7.0 to 2.7.3
Affected: 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.0-alpha3
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Date Public
2017-11-08 00:00
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