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GHSA-XF4J-P5GP-H24H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:18 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:18

Details

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order to exploit this vulnerability the user must have superuser 'gpadmin' access to the system or have been granted GPHDFS protocol permissions in order to create a GPHDFS external table.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2016-6656 (GCVE-0-2016-6656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-16 09:02 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Code injection vulnerability

Assigner

dell

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life	Affected: Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life

Date Public

2016-12-16 00:00

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-XF4J-P5GP-H24H

CVE-2016-6656 (GCVE-0-2016-6656)

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