CVE-2016-5001

MEDIUM

Apache Hadoop < 2.6.4 and 2.7.0-2.7.1 - Unauthorized File Read via Short-Circuit Reads Token Guessing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (6)
apache/hadoop 2.7.0
apache/hadoop 2.7.1
apache/hadoop < 2.6.3
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Hadoop 2.1.0 to 2.6.3
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Hadoop 2.7.0 to 2.7.1
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-common 0 - 2.6.4Maven
Published Aug 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026