CVE-2016-0731
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to...
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
- Record
CVE-2016-0731- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
- Record
CVE-2016-0731- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0760 No score
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
- Record
EUVD-2016-0760- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7j37-8mvp-9f22
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to...
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
- Record
GHSA-7j37-8mvp-9f22- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The File Browser View in Apache Ambari before 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a file: URL in the WebHDFS URL configuration.
- Record
CVE-2016-0731- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-0731 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Apache Ambari, published May 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.60%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-14780
docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/Ambari-2.2.1.0/bk_releasenotes_ambari_2.2.1.0/content/ambari_relnotes-2.2.1.0-cves.html
cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0731
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j37-8mvp-9f22