CVE-2017-12149
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
In Jboss Application Server as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5.2, it was found that the doFilter method in the ReadOnlyAccessFilter of the HTTP Invoker does not restrict classes for which it performs deserialization and thus allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
The JBoss Application Server, shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5.2, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.
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Remediation due: 2022-06-10
Associated with ransomware campaigns
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1607
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1608
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486220
- https://github.com/gottburgm/Exploits/tree/master/CVE-2017-12149
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12149
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