CVE-2016-6807

critical Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 25% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: March 28, 2017 (3334 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-284

Affected Products

apache ambari

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 cwiki.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 cwiki.apache.org