Privilege escalation in Apache James

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU86890

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51518

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data at a JMX endpoint bound to the localhost interface. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache James: 3.7.0 - 3.7.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:james:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:james:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:james:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:james:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:james:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.apache.org/thread/wbdm61ch6l0kzjn6nnfmyqlng82qz0or

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

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.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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