CVE-2018-1315 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Apache hive
A malicious FTP server can write files to arbitrary locations on the cluster via the HPL/SQL COPY FROM FTP command.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1315?
CVE-2018-1315 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Hive, published on 5 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Apache Hive 2.1.0 to 2.3.2, when 'COPY FROM FTP' statement is run using HPL/SQL extension to Hive, a compromised/malicious FTP server can cause the file to be written to an arbitrary location on the cluster where the command is run from. This is because FTP client code in HPL/SQL does not verify the destination location of the downloaded file. This does not affect hive cli user and hiveserver2 user as hplsql is a separate command line script and needs to be invoked differently.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1315?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.hive:hive, org.apache.hive:hive-exec and org.apache.hive:hive-service. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.hive:hive Maven | From 2.1.0 | 2.3.3 |
org.apache.hive:hive Maven | From 2.1.0 | 2.3.3 |
org.apache.hive:hive-exec Maven | From 2.1.0 | 2.3.3 |
org.apache.hive:hive-exec Maven | From 2.1.0 | 2.3.3 |
org.apache.hive:hive-service Maven | From 2.1.0 | 2.3.3 |
org.apache.hive:hive-service Maven | From 2.1.0 | 2.3.3 |
Products include Apache Hive.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1315?
Upgrade org.apache.hive:hive to 2.3.3 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-1315 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1315 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Hive
- CVE-2026-49845 Apache Hive: SQL Injection vulnerability in HiveMetaStore partition-name direct-SQL paths
- CVE-2018-21234 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jodd
- CVE-2026-55976 Apache Hive: SSRF vulnerability in Hive Avro Serde due to Insufficient input validation on avro.schema.url
- CVE-2018-1282 SQL Injection in hive-jdbc
- CVE-2022-41137 Apache Hive: Deserialization of untrusted data when fetching partitions from the Metastore
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p639-xxv5-j383.