SB2017102014 - Privilege escalation in Apache James
Published: October 20, 2017 Updated: February 25, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017102014
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12628)
CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the JMX server, bundled with Apache James. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the JMX socket and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.