8.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-15536
Cloudera Data Science Workbench Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Description

An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.x before 1.2.0. Several web application vulnerabilities allow malicious authenticated users of CDSW to escalate privileges in CDSW. CDSW users can exploit these vulnerabilities in combination to gain root access to CDSW nodes, gain access to the CDSW database which includes Kerberos keytabs of CDSW users and bcrypt hashed passwords, and gain access to other privileged information such as session tokens, invitation tokens, and environment variables.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 5, 2018, 3:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-15536 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cloudera data_science_workbench
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-2017-15536.

URL Resource
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulletin.html#tsb_248 Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-15536 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-15536 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-269
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.2.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 1.2.0
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2018

    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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulletin.html#tsb_248 No Types Assigned https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulletin.html#tsb_248 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:data_science_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.2.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-15536 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-2017-15536 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.00%

score

0.40900

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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