High severity · published Aug 23, 2018
CVE-2018-15804
An issue was discovered in the MapR File System in MapR Converged Data Platform and MapR-XD 6.x and earlier
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the MapR File System in MapR Converged Data Platform and MapR-XD 6.x and earlier. Under certain conditions, it is possible for MapR ticket credentials to become compromised, allowing a user to escalate their privileges to act as (aka impersonate) any other user, including cluster administrators, aka bug# 31935. This affects all users who have enabled security on the MapR platform and is fixed in mapr-patch-5.2.1.42646.GA-20180731093831, mapr-patch-5.2.2.44680.GA-20180802011430, mapr-patch-6.0.0.20171109191718.GA-20180802011420, and mapr-patch-6.0.1.20180404222005.GA-20180806214919.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mapr · Mapr
before 6.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15804
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15804
Vendor Advisory
https://mapr.com/support/s/article/MapR-Ticket-Credentials-can-become-compromised
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