Command injection in Hadoop - CVE-2018-11766
Published: November 28, 2018 / Updated: November 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16165
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11766
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Hadoop
Hadoop
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can escalate to yarn user access and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on a targeted system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11766
Update to version 2.7.7.