CVE-2018-15804

Description

An issue was discovered in the MapR File System in MapR Converged Data Platform and MapR-XD 6.x and earlier. Under certain conditions, it is possible for MapR ticket credentials to become compromised, allowing a user to escalate their privileges to act as (aka impersonate) any other user, including cluster administrators, aka bug# 31935. This affects all users who have enabled security on the MapR platform and is fixed in mapr-patch-5.2.1.42646.GA-20180731093831, mapr-patch-5.2.2.44680.GA-20180802011430, mapr-patch-6.0.0.20171109191718.GA-20180802011420, and mapr-patch-6.0.1.20180404222005.GA-20180806214919.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.32%

Vendor Advisory mapr.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://mapr.com/support/s/article/MapR-Ticket-Credentials-can-become-compromised	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-15804?: CVE-2018-15804 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-15804?: To fix CVE-2018-15804, 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-2018-15804 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-15804 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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