CVE-2014-8733

low
Published 2015-02-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Cloudera Manager 5.2.0, 5.2.1, and 5.3.0 stores the LDAP bind password in plaintext in unspecified world-readable files under /etc/hadoop, which allows local users to obtain this password.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/documentation/security-bulletins/Security-Bulletin/csb_topic_2.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
clouderacloudera_manager5.2.0
clouderacloudera_manager5.2.1
clouderacloudera_manager5.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.