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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-0707

The agent in Apache Ambari before 2.1.2 uses weak permissions for the (1) /var/lib/ambari-agent/data and (2) /var/lib/ambari-agent/keys directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:20 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-0707

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 May 2016, 14:59 UTC

The agent in Apache Ambari before 2.1.2 uses weak permissions for the (1) /var/lib/ambari-agent/data and (2) /var/lib/ambari-agent/keys directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

osv:CVE-2016-0707
Complete source record
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  "id": "53a784ca98abe8d4b2a714f78478edae18628972163303919ef6c719cf739aec",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0707",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-0707",
    "summary": "The agent in Apache Ambari before 2.1.2 uses weak permissions for the (1) /var/lib/ambari-agent/data and (2) /var/lib/ambari-agent/keys directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-0707",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-0707",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-0707"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/ambari",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "dd69b547b5458ae34ec0d4738f388611fe651460"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "release-2.1.1-rc0",
            "release-2.1.1",
            "Ambari-2.1.0-tag",
            "release-2.1.0-rc1",
            "release-2.1.0",
            "release-2.1.0-rc0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-0707.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:06.115639441Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.1.2"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-0707",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440922,
  "published_at": "2016-05-18T14:59:01.77+00:00"
}