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CVE-2017-5642

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5642 describes a critical vulnerability in Apache Ambari versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.2, where Ambari Server installation artifacts are created with improper Access Control Lists (ACLs). This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely exploit it with low complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 66th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities
Vendor Advisory