Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache James - CVE-2017-12628
Published: February 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25579
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2017-12628
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache James
Apache James
Detailed vulnerability 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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12628
Install updates from vendor's website.