Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ambari - CVE-2015-3270
Published: November 2, 2015 / Updated: February 8, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40614
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3270
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
Apache Ambari before 2.0.2 or 2.1.x before 2.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges via unspecified vectors, possibly related to changing passwords.
Affected software
Ambari
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3270
Install update from vendor's website.
Ambari - addressed in versions 2.0.2, 2.1.1