Low
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-0707
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"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",
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}
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}
}
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:06.115639441Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.1.2"
],
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"related_cves": [
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 440922,
"published_at": "2016-05-18T14:59:01.77+00:00"
}