CVE-2016-6656
CVSS V2 Medium 6.5
CVSS V3 High 7.2
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-6656
- Assigner
- security_alert@emc.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-12-16T09:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2016-12-22T03:00:20
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:greenplum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.3.9.1 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.2
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.2
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6656 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6656 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 09:56:02 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 12:29:29 | secure@dell.com | security_alert@emc.com | CVE Assigner | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:29:29 | 2016-12-16T09:59Z | 2016-12-16T09:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:29:29 | 2016-12-22T03:00:20 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 12:29:29 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |