CVE-2015-6867
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The vertica-udx-zygote process in HP Vertica 7.1.1 UDx does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet, aka ZDI-CAN-2914.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| opentext | vertica | 7.1.1 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77405
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-535/
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04873095
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77405
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-535/
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04873095
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.