Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system
Published Mar 28, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.43%
Description
Custom commands may be executed on Ambari Agent (2.4.x, before 2.4.2) hosts without authorization, leading to unauthorized access to operations that may affect the underlying system. Such operations are invoked by the Ambari Agent process on Ambari Agent hosts, as the user executing the Ambari Agent process.
Affected products
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- Version 2.4.x before 2.4.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Ambari | n/a |
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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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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 | 2.43% (0.02426) | 83.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02423) | 81.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.84% (0.00841) | 73.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 32.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 30.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.55th | 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 (5)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j76q-99x2-v7vq Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6807
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227181557/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j76q-99x2-v7vq | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6807 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20200227181557/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184 |
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