CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2017-12611
CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl9.8
CVSS v3
Description
In Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.10.1, using an unintentional expression in a Freemarker tag instead of string literals can lead to a RCE attack.
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
88.02%probability of exploitation in 30 days
100thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100829
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/ka51A000000CgttQAC/NTAP-20170911-0001
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-053.html
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