Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Commons Collections - CVE-2015-7450

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Commons Collections - CVE-2015-7450

Published: May 30, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89914
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7450
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data with Java InvokerTransformer class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Apache Commons Collections
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation
IBM WebSphere Application Server

How to mitigate CVE-2015-7450

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation - addressed in versions 8.5- SFP4, 9.0.0- SFP4, 9.1.0- SFP4, 9.2.0- SFP4, 9.2.1-SFP4, 9.3.0-SFP3, 9.4.0-SFP1
IBM WebSphere Application Server - update to 9.0.5.2

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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