#VU37982 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Hadoop - CVE-2017-3166

Vulnerability identifier: #VU37982

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3166

CWE-ID: CWE-319

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

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

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

In Apache Hadoop versions 2.6.1 to 2.6.5, 2.7.0 to 2.7.3, and 3.0.0-alpha1, if a file in an encryption zone with access permissions that make it world readable is localized via YARN's localization mechanism, that file will be stored in a world-readable location and can be shared freely with any application that requests to localize that file.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Hadoop: 2.6.1 - 3.0.0

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External links
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2e16689b44bdd1976b6368c143a4017fc7159d1f2d02a5d54fe9310f@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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