CVE-2016-6656

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.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:greenplum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-12-16 09:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-6656

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6656

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6656

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pivotal_software

greenplum

CWE

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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