Code Injection in JBoss Richfaces - CVE-2015-0279
Published: June 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29193
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-2015-0279
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
JBoss Richfaces
JBoss Richfaces
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "do" parameter in the JBoss RichFaces library. A remote attacker can inject expression language (EL) expressions 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-2015-0279
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56297719/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-001959.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153734/Tufin-Secure-Change-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156663/Richsploit-RichFaces-Exploitation-Toolkit.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0719.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/21
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/21
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192140