Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2016-1000027
Published: May 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76601
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-2016-1000027
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Pivotal Spring Framework
Pivotal Spring Framework
Detailed vulnerability description
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. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1000027
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000027
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000027.json
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-20
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000027
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-582313417
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-579669626
- https://spring.io/blog/2022/05/11/spring-framework-5-3-20-and-5-2-22-available-now
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-744519525
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0009/