Remote code execution in HP Network Automation - CVE-2016-4385

 

Remote code execution in HP Network Automation - CVE-2016-4385

Published: September 21, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU592
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-2016-4385
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Affected software:
HP Network Automation

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause remote code execution on the target system.
The weakness is caused by security bypass. The vulnerability is used for handling Java object deserialization in Apache Commons-Collections and Commons-BeanUtils library and allows a remote user to trigger code execution.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to remote code execution on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-4385


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