Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Hazelcast - CVE-2016-10750
Published: August 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20033
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-2016-10750
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Hazelcast
Affected software:
Hazelcast
Hazelcast
Detailed vulnerability 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 passed via the JoinRequest. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary Java code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10750
Install updates from vendor's website.