CVE-2012-2230 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 12 Apr 2012 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Authenticated users can impersonate arbitrary accounts in Cloudera Manager when Kerberos is disabled, leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2012-2230?

CVE-2012-2230 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cloudera Manager 3.7.x before 3.7.5 and Service and Configuration Manager 3.5, when Kerberos is not enabled, does not properly install taskcontroller.cfg, which allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary user accounts via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1574.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2230?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cloudera Cloudera Manager, Cloudera Cloudera Service and Configuration Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2012-2230 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-53g2-fc94-rp68.