Arbitrary Command Execution in IBM Analytics and IT Infrastructure Products
CVE-2015-7450

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 January 2016

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 97%🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

Certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products are vulnerable to a security flaw that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability arises due to vulnerabilities in the serialized-object interfaces where crafted serialized Java objects can be exploited. The issue is specifically related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library, which can lead to significant security risks if left unpatched.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

EPSS Score

97% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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