CVE-2016-5001 is a vulnerability in Apache Hadoop
Published on August 30, 2017
This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.
Products Associated with CVE-2016-5001
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Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop:- Version 2.1.0 to 2.6.3 is affected.
- Version 2.7.0 to 2.7.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.12%
Percentile
30.62%
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.