Remote Bypass of HDFS Data-Access Restrictions in IBM InfoSphere BigInsights

CVE-2015-1889 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

The Big SQL component in IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 3.0 through 3.0.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended HDFS data-access restrictions via (1) a crafted CREATE HADOOP TABLE statement referencing the data of an arbitrary user or (2) an import of a certain Hive table definition with the HCAT_SYNC_OBJECTS procedure.

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