Medium severity · published Jun 14, 2017
CVE-2016-8746
Apache Ranger before 0.6.3 policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions when policy does not contain wildcards and has recursion flag set to true
5.9
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache Ranger before 0.6.3 policy engine incorrectly matches paths in certain conditions when policy does not contain wildcards and has recursion flag set to true.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Ranger · Apache
through 0.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8746
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8746
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95998
Release Notes
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
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