Remote code execution in Infinispan

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU22830

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0750

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the hotrod java client in Infinispan. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Infinispan: 4.0.0 - 9.0.3

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3244
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0501
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-0750
http://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/pull/5116
http://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-7781

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.