#VU22828 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Infinispan - CVE-2018-1131
Published: November 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22828
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1131
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Infinispan
Infinispan
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.
Red Hat Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A local user can pass specially crafted XML or JSON data to a cache configured to accept certain types of objects and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.