Information disclosure in Apache Storm - CVE-2017-9799
Published: August 15, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7887
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9799
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Storm
Apache Storm
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper access controls. A remote authenticated user that is the owner of a topology can exploit a flaw to cause the supervisor to launch a worker as a different (non-root) user and obtain credentials from the target user account.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
The weakness exists due to improper access controls. A remote authenticated user that is the owner of a topology can exploit a flaw to cause the supervisor to launch a worker as a different (non-root) user and obtain credentials from the target user account.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9799
Update to version 1.0.4 or 1.1.1.