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01 Record

CVE-2016-6656

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: dell
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 65.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-12-16 09:02Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 01:36Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-08-10
Assigning CNA
dell
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a1a82d6a22ec120a669d99eb1778cb6a2303ae64fab72c79ec16549e8505458f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aPivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of lifePivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life—

06 References