Deserialization of Untrusted Data in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2016-7065
Published: October 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40073
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7065
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
The JMX servlet in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4 and 5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7065
Install update from vendor's website.