CVE-2016-5001

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 70% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: August 30, 2017 (3179 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

apache hadoop

References

🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 lists.apache.org 🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com