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CVE-2016-6814

Published: Jan 18, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-502
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
17.2%
Top 3.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-502

Affected Products

Maven
package-ecosystem
org.codehaus.groovy:groovy
OSS Libraries
org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all
OSS Libraries
apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
groovyLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486
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