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CVE-2015-7450

IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 97.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
97.66% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 10 January 2022 · due 10 July 2022
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
ibm/sterling b2b integrator · ibm/sterling integrator · ibm/tivoli common reporting · ibm/watson content analytics · ibm/watson explorer analytical components · ibm/watson explorer annotation administration console · ibm/websphere application server
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7450

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.