CVE-2016-5001 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Apache Hadoop versions prior to 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2, specifically within the HDFS short-circuit reads feature. A local attacker on an HDFS DataNode could craft a block token to gain unauthorized read access to arbitrary files by guessing specific token fields. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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