CVE-2017-15536

Description

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory cloudera.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulletin.html#tsb_248 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-15536?
CVE-2017-15536 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-15536?
To fix CVE-2017-15536, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-15536 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-15536 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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