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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3270
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Ambari
Ambari
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3270
Install update from vendor's website.