Vulnerability · Published Mar 15, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-28851Elevation of privilege in Snowflake Hive MetaStore Connector Helper script

Medium 4.0

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A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in snowflake-hive-metastore-connector from snowflakedb. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Snowflake Hive metastore connector provides an easy way to query Hive-managed data via Snowflake. Snowflake Hive MetaStore Connector has addressed a potential elevation of privilege vulnerability in a `helper script` for the Hive MetaStore Connector. A malicious insider without admin privileges could, in theory, use the script to download content from a Microsoft domain to the local system and replace the valid content with malicious code. If the attacker then also had local access to the same system where the maliciously modified script is run, they could attempt to manipulate users into executing the attacker-controlled helper script, potentially gaining elevated privileges to the local system. The vulnerability in the script was patched on February 09, 2024, without a version bump to the Connector. User who use the helper script are strongly advised to use the latest version as soon as possible. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using the helper script.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
snowflakedb	snowflake-hive-metastore-connector	< dfbf87dff4

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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