VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4974

HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.25%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Apache Qpid AMQP 0-x JMS client before 6.0.4 and JMS (AMQP 1.0) before 0.10.0 does not restrict the use of classes available on the classpath, which might allow remote authenticated users with permission to send messages to deserialize arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code by leveraging a crafted serialized object in a JMS ObjectMessage that is handled by the getObject function.

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 6.25% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: apache/amqp 0-x jms client · apache/jms client amqp
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137749/Apache-Qpid-Untrusted-Input-Deserialization.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://qpid.apache.org/components/jms/security-0-x.htmlVendor Advisory
http://qpid.apache.org/components/jms/security.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538813/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91537Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036239Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPIDJMS-188Issue Tracking
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137749/Apache-Qpid-Untrusted-Input-Deserialization.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://qpid.apache.org/components/jms/security-0-x.htmlVendor Advisory
http://qpid.apache.org/components/jms/security.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538813/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91537Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036239Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPIDJMS-188Issue Tracking

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