#VU88862 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in clojure - CVE-2017-20189
Published: April 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88862
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2017-20189
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
clojure
clojure
Software vendor:
clojure
clojure
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to classes can be used to construct a serialized object that executes arbitrary code upon deserialization. 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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.