Privilege escalation in Apache Spark - CVE-2018-11760
Published: January 31, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17332
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-2018-11760
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when using PySpark. A local attacker can connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Apache Spark
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11760
Update to versions 2.2.3, 2.3.2.
Apache Spark - addressed in versions 2.2.3, 2.3.2