CVE-2016-5393

N/A

Published: November 29, 2016 at 06:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorHadoop

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

In Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, a remote user who can authenticate with the HDFS NameNode can possibly run arbitrary commands with the same privileges as the HDFS service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Hadoop · Apachemaven

95%

v < 2.6.52.6.0 2.6.1 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.6.4 2.7.0 2.7.1 2.7.2

Affected range stops below 2.6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201611.mbox/%3CCAA0W1bTbUmUUSF1rjRpX-2DvWutcrPt7TJSWUcSLg1F0gyHG1Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201611.mbox/%3CCAA0W1bTbUmUUSF1rjRpX-2DvWutcrPt7TJSWUcSLg1F0gyHG1Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94574

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-284

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