Privilege escalation in Apache Spark - CVE-2018-1334
Published: July 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13871
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1334
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the PySpark and SparkR packages used in Apache Spark due to unspecified condition. A local attacker can connect to the affected software as a local user, gain elevated privileges and conduct further attacks.
Affected software
Apache Spark
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1334
Install update from vendor's website.