Critical Severity Vulnerability
This vulnerability has been rated as Critical severity. Immediate action is recommended.
CVE-2019-4279
Critical
Low
Medium
High
Critical
9.8
CVSS Score
Vulnerability Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with a specially-crafted sequence of serialized objects from untrusted sources. IBM X-Force ID: 160445.
CVSS Metrics
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Vector String:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
N
Attack Complexity
L
Privileges Required
N
User Interaction
N
Scope
U
Confidentiality
H
Integrity
H
Availability
H
Known Affected Software
1 configuration(s) from 1 vendor(s)
websphere_application_server
Version:
7.0.0.0
CPE:
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0.0.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
This vulnerability affects 1 software configuration(s). Ensure you patch all affected systems.
References & Resources
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108450psirt@us.ibm.com Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160445psirt@us.ibm.com VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
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https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10883628psirt@us.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108450af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160445af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
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https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10883628af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Vendor Advisory
Severity Details
9.8
out of 10.0
Critical
Weakness Type (CWE)
CWE-502
Top 25 #15
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- Description
- The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
- Exploit Likelihood
- Medium
- Typical Severity
- Medium
- OWASP Top 10
- A08:2021-Software/Data Integrity Failures
- Abstraction Level
- Base
Key Information
- Published Date
- May 17, 2019
