What is CVE-2017-15713?

CVE-2017-15713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-15713?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-15713 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Apache Hadoop

CVE-2017-15713

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop 0.23.x, 2.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, and 3.0.0-alpha through 3.0.0-beta1 allows a cluster user to expose private files owned by the user running the MapReduce job history server process. The malicious user can construct a configuration file containing XML directives that reference sensitive files on the MapReduce job history server host.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Hadoop — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Apache Software Foundation Hadoop — versions 0.23.0 to 0.23.11, 2.0.0-alpha to 2.8.2, 3.0.0-alpha to 3.0.0-beta1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15713?: CVE-2017-15713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-15713?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15713 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.