CVE-2016-6811

high

Apache

CVSS v3 Base Score

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

0.5%

Exploitation probability in 30 days

Top 32% most likely to be exploited

Attack Characteristics

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Published: April 11, 2017 (3320 days ago)

Last Modified: May 13, 2026

Vendor: Apache

Source: NVD

Description

In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

CWE-264

apache hadoop