RCE in Pivotal Software Greenplum
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Pivotal_software Greenplum
- N/a Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 To 4.3.9.1 And Older Versions That Are End Of Life — versions Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6656?
- CVE-2016-6656 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Greenplum, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-12-16.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6656?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.