HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-3612

Activemq vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The LDAPLoginModule implementation in the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with an empty password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. See CVE-2015-6524 for the use of wildcard operators in usernames.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Activemq
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2015-08-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-3612

  • Confirm whether Apache Activemq is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-3612.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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