CVE-2016-6815 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Ranger versions prior to 0.6.2, where users with the "keyadmin" role could illicitly change passwords for "admin" role users. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, allowing an attacker to impact the integrity of user accounts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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