CVE-2016-6656
Pivotal Greenplum Unauthenticated Remote Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order to exploit this vulnerability the user must have superuser 'gpadmin' access to the system or have been granted GPHDFS protocol permissions in order to create a GPHDFS external table.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 16, 2016, 9:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 22, 2016, 3 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-6656.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954 | |
| https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2016-6656 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 19, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 No Types Assigned https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-77 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:greenplum:4.3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6656 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6656
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.00%
score
0.37773
percentile