Deserialization of untrusted data in vSphere Integrated Containers - CVE-2017-4947
Published: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10306
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4947
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vSphere Integrated Containers
vSphere Integrated Containers
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data with 'content-type' set to 'kryo-octet-stream', trigger a deserialization error in Xenon and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data with 'content-type' set to 'kryo-octet-stream', trigger a deserialization error in Xenon and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4947
Update to version 1.3.