VDB-99013 · CVE-2016-6807 · BID 97184

Ambari Agent up to 2.4.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ambari Agent up to 2.4.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-6807. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ambari Agent up to 2.4.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system. Such operations are invoked by the Ambari Agent process on Ambari Agent hosts, as the user executing the Ambari Agent process.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2017. The weakness was presented 03/28/2017 by arma with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at cwiki.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6807 since 08/12/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 97184†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 103333
OpenVAS Name: Apache Ambari Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Agent 2.4.2

Timelineinfo

08/12/2016 🔍
03/28/2017 +228 days 🔍
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03/29/2017 +1 days 🔍
08/23/2020 +1243 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cwiki.apache.org
Researcher: arma
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6807 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6807
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99013
SecurityFocus: 97184 - Apache Ambari CVE-2016-6807 Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-6807 - Ambari - Agent - Command Execution Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2017 09:01
Updated: 08/23/2020 15:28
Changes: 03/29/2017 09:01 (62), 08/23/2020 15:28 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:EE3:103

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