OS command injection in Hadoop - #VU16008
Published: November 22, 2018 / Updated: June 26, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16008
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in Hadoop YARN mechanism due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands to infect Hadoop clusters on Linux servers with unsophisticated new bots (DemonBot, Mirai bot) and compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Hadoop
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.