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CVE-2016-6807

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6807 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apache Ambari Agent versions 2.4.x prior to 2.4.2, allowing unauthorized execution of custom commands on agent hosts. This flaw has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring no privileges or user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries exist, and there's minimal community discussion, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100 suggests a significant potential for impact if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0242 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.ambari:ambariFixed in: 2.4.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-j76q-99x2-v7vqcritical

Apache Ambari Improper Access Control

May 17, 2022

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97184
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry