#VU37620 Information disclosure in Hadoop - CVE-2017-15713

Vulnerability identifier: #VU37620

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [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:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15713

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Hadoop
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop 0.23.x, 2.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, and 3.0.0-alpha through 3.0.0-beta1 allows a cluster user to expose private files owned by the user running the MapReduce job history server process. The malicious user can construct a configuration file containing XML directives that reference sensitive files on the MapReduce job history server host.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Hadoop: 2.0.0 - 3.0.0

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External links
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a790a251ace7213bde9f69777dedb453b1a01a6d18289c14a61d4f91@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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