Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39286

Incorrect default permissions in Ambari - CVE-2017-5642

Published: April 3, 2017 / Updated: February 8, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39286

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5642

CWE-ID: CWE-276

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Affected software:
Ambari

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

During installation of Ambari 2.4.0 through 2.4.2, Ambari Server artifacts are not created with proper ACLs.

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