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    CVE-2016-6811

    In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

    Published:Apr 11, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Apr 11, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00538
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Hadoop

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-268 Privilege Chaining

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High