CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache James 3.0.1. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component JMX Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can only be used for privilege escalation. Release 3.0.1 upgrades the incriminated library.
The bug was discovered 10/19/2017. The weakness was shared 10/20/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mail-archive.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-12628 since 08/07/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/19/2021).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
Vendor
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Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: DeserializationCWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/07/2017 🔍10/19/2017 🔍
10/20/2017 🔍
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10/21/2017 🔍
01/19/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apache.orgAdvisory: mail-archive.com
Researcher: Benoit Tellier.
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-12628 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 101532 - Apache James CVE-2017-12628 Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 10/21/2017 14:30Updated: 01/19/2021 12:05
Changes: 10/21/2017 14:30 (58), 11/27/2019 16:59 (3), 01/19/2021 12:05 (2)
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