IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Apache Commons Collections Library InvokerTransformer code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. Affected by this vulnerability is the function InvokerTransformer of the component Apache Commons Collections Library. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-7450. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Business Process Management Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function InvokerTransformer of the component Apache Commons Collections Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

The weakness was released 01/02/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7450 since 09/29/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit in Python and been published 2 years after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87171 (IBM WebSphere Java Object Deserialization RCE), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124213 (IBM WebSphere Application Server Java UnSerialize Common-Collections Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (swg21970575)). This issue was added on 01/10/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 07/10/2022:

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Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (41613), Tenable (87171) and SecurityFocus (BID 77653†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-80031 and VDB-80032. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 87171
Nessus Name: IBM WebSphere Java Object Deserialization RCE
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OpenVAS ID: 103277
OpenVAS Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Active check)
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Saint ID: websphere_serialjava
Saint Name: IBM WebSphere Management Server Apache Commons

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MetaSploit ID: ibm_websphere_java_deserialize.rb
MetaSploit Name: IBM WebSphere RCE Java Deserialization Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Suricata ID: 2024062
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09/29/2015 🔍
11/13/2015 +45 days 🔍
11/18/2015 +5 days 🔍
12/02/2015 +14 days 🔍
01/02/2016 +31 days 🔍
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01/03/2016 +1 days 🔍
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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7450 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7450
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80036
SecurityFocus: 77653 - IBM WebSphere Application Server CVE-2015-7450 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035125

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/03/2016 13:26
Updated: 04/23/2026 00:13
Changes: 01/03/2016 13:26 (60), 05/26/2018 07:54 (34), 07/02/2022 08:11 (3), 04/22/2024 11:52 (23), 07/24/2024 20:14 (1), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 11/18/2024 05:56 (2), 04/23/2026 00:13 (12)
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