CVE-2016-6811 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Apache Hadoop 2.x before version 2.7.4. An authenticated user with yarn privileges can execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, its high severity and ease of exploitation warrant immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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