Medium severity · published Nov 8, 2018
CVE-2018-1314
In Apache Hive 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier, Hive "EXPLAIN" operation does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in a query
4.3
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Apache Hive 2.3.3, 3.1.0 and earlier, Hive "EXPLAIN" operation does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in a query. An unauthorized user can do "EXPLAIN" on arbitrary table or view and expose table metadata and statistics.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HI
Hive · Apache
through 2.3.3; 3.0.0 through 3.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1314
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1314
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105884
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3da47dbcbf09697387f29d2f1aed970523b6b334d93afd3cced23727%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
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