CVE-2018-15804
An issue was discovered in the MapR File System in MapR Converged Data Platform and MapR-XD 6.x...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-15804- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-15804- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7664 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7664- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6wgm-vmwq-hhq2
An issue was discovered in the MapR File System in MapR Converged Data Platform and MapR-XD 6.x...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6wgm-vmwq-hhq2- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15804 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Mapr, published August 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.96%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.