Path traversal in ActiveMQ - CVE-2015-1830
Published: March 8, 2020 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25819
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1830
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2 for Windows. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to create JSP files in arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
ActiveMQ
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1830
Install update from vendor's website.
ActiveMQ - update to 5.11.2
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #5745 - Apache ActiveMQ 5.x-5.11.1 - Directory Traversal Shell Upload (Metasploit) (June 17, 2021)
- Exploit #1462 - Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1/5.13.2 - Directory Traversal / Command Execution (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #1473 - Apache ActiveMQ 5.x-5.11.1 Directory Traversal Shell Upload (March 18, 2020)
External References
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-1830-announcement.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76452
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033315
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-407
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-407/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E