CVE-2016-6656 is a command injection vulnerability affecting Pivotal Greenplum versions prior to 4.3.10.0. It allows authenticated superusers or users with GPHDFS protocol permissions to inject arbitrary commands when creating external tables via the GPHDFS protocol. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:greenplum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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