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CVE-2020-9480

Published: Jun 23, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-306
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
29.4%
Top 2.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Nuclei · OpenVAS

Description

In Apache Spark 2.4.5 and earlier, a standalone resource manager's master may be configured to require authentication (spark.authenticate) via a shared secret. When enabled, however, a specially-crafted RPC to the master can succeed in starting an application's resources on the Spark cluster, even without the shared key. This can be leveraged to execute shell commands on the host machine. This does not affect Spark clusters using other resource managers (YARN, Mesos, etc).

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-306

Affected Products

Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
business intelligenceOn-premWeb App
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
Business Intelligence Enterprise EditionOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache SparkOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
SparkLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
sparkLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.spark:spark-parent_2.11
OSS Libraries
PyPI
package-ecosystem
pyspark
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03ad9fe7c07d6039fba9f2152d345274473cb0af3d8a4794a6645f4b%40%3Cuser.spark.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0e62a18ad080c4ce6df5e0202a27eaada75222761efc3f7238b5a3b%40%3Ccommits.doris.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb3956440747e41940d552d377d50b144b60085e7ff727adb0e575d8d%40%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
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