Apache Hadoop up to 3.0.0 HDFS information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Apache Hadoop up to 3.0.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component HDFS. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1296. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apache Hadoop up to 3.0.0 (Network Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component HDFS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.0, 2.9.0, 2.8.0 to 2.8.3, and 2.5.0 to 2.7.5, HDFS exposes extended attribute key/value pairs during listXAttrs, verifying only path-level search access to the directory rather than path-level read permission to the referent.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2019. The weakness was presented 02/07/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1296 since 12/07/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/06/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Network Management Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Hadoop

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.7.0
• 2.7.1
• 2.7.2
• 2.7.3
• 2.7.4
• 2.7.5
• 2.8
• 2.8.0
• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 2.8.3
• 2.9.0
• 3.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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