FKIE_CVE-2016-6807

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-28 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.orghttps://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache ambari 2.4.0
apache ambari 2.4.1
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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "Apache Ambari",
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "2.4.x before 2.4.2"
            }
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    }
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      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Los comandos personalizados pueden ser ejecutados en hosts Ambari Agent (2.4.x, en versiones anteriores a 2.4.2) sin autorizaci\u00f3n, lo que lleva a una acceso no autorizado a operaciones que pueden afectar a sistema subyacente. Tales operaciones son invocadas por el proceso Ambari Agent en el hosts Ambari Agent, com el usuario que ejecuta el proceso Ambari Agent."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2016-6807",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:51:48.373",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "value": "CWE-284"
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}



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