VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-15804

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.96%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.96% probability · 60th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: mapr/mapr
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://mapr.com/support/s/article/MapR-Ticket-Credentials-can-become-compromisedVendor Advisory
https://mapr.com/support/s/article/MapR-Ticket-Credentials-can-become-compromisedVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.