Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure HDInsights - CVE-2023-38156
Published: September 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80717
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38156
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Azure HDInsights
Azure HDInsights
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38156
Install updates from vendor's website.