An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0
Published Dec 16, 2016
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.11%
Description
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life Defaultn/a
- Version Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of lifeStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life | n/a |
|
- ≤ 4.3.9.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01111) | 64.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01111) | 61.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 58.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 41.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 39.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 37.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.