CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2015-5254
CRITICALEPSS 98th pctl9.8
CVSS v3
Description
Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
37.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
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