Medium severity · published Jun 14, 2017
CVE-2017-7677
In environments that use external location for hive tables, Hive Authorizer in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 should be checking RWX permission for create table
5.9
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In environments that use external location for hive tables, Hive Authorizer in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 should be checking RWX permission for create table.
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)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Ranger · Apache
through 0.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7677
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7677
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98961
Release Notes
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
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