A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Rogue Wave JViews up to 8.8 Patch 20/8.9. This affects an unknown function of the file jviews-framework-all.jar of the component ilog.views.faces.IlvFacesController Servlet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Rogue Wave JViews before 8.8 patch 21 and 8.9 before patch 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code that exists in the classpath, such as test code or administration code. The issue exists because the ilog.views.faces.IlvFacesController servlet in jviews-framework-all.jar does not require explicit configuration of servlets that can be called.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2015. The weakness was released 04/06/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at rwkbp.makekb.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8965 since 10/08/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 629 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 8.8 Patch 21 or 8.9 Patch 1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 129699.

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• Rogue Wave

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• JViews

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• 8.0
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• 8.2
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• 8.4
• 8.5
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• 8.8
• 8.8 Patch 20
• 8.9

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