Privilege escalation in Cloudera Data Science Workbench
CVE-2017-15536
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.009 (56.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cloudera Data_science_workbench
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15536?
- CVE-2017-15536 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Data Science Workbench, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15536?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.