#VU18689 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Hadoop - CVE-2018-8029 

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#VU18689 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Hadoop - CVE-2018-8029

Published: June 6, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18689
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8029
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Hadoop
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions for the API interface. A remote authenticated user can use vulnerable API endpoint to execute arbitrary YARN commands on the system as root.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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