CVE-2020-17533

HIGH

Apache Accumulo <2.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Apache Accumulo versions 1.5.0 through 1.10.0 and version 2.0.0 do not properly check the return value of some policy enforcement functions before permitting an authenticated user to perform certain administrative operations. Specifically, the return values of the 'canFlush' and 'canPerformSystemActions' security functions are not checked in some instances, therefore allowing an authenticated user with insufficient permissions to perform the following actions: flushing a table, shutting down Accumulo or an individual tablet server, and setting or removing system-wide Accumulo configuration properties.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by pazeray · poc
https://github.com/pazeray/CVE-2020-17533

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0531
EPSS Percentile 89.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-252
Status published

Affected Products (3)

apache/accumulo < 1.10.0
apache/accumulo
org.apache.accumulo/accumulo-master < 1.10.1Maven

Timeline

Published Dec 29, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026