#VU11627 SQL injection in Apache Hive - CVE-2018-1282

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11627

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1282

CWE-ID: CWE-89

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache Hive
Server applications / Database software

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restriction and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

The weakness exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script, bypass the argument escaping and cleanup functionality that the JDBC driver performs in the PreparedStatement implementation and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.

Mitigation
Update to version 2.3.3.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Hive: 0.7.1 - 2.3.2

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External links
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/74bd2bff1827febb348dfb323986fa340d3bb97a315ab93c3ccc8299@%3Cdev...

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.