High severity · published Jun 13, 2016
CVE-2016-2174
SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eventTime…
7.2
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eventTime parameter to service/plugins/policies/eventTime.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Ranger · Apache
0.5.0; 0.5.1; 0.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2174
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2174
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/01/3
cwiki.apache.org
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
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