Security Advisory

CVE-2015-1776

6.2
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

Apache Hadoop 2.6.x encrypts intermediate data generated by a MapReduce job and stores it along with the encryption key in a credentials file on disk when the Intermediate data encryption feature is enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
Published Date April 19, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory