CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0779

Tomee vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
9.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The EjbObjectInputStream class in Apache TomEE before 1.7.4 and 7.x before 7.0.0-M3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Tomee
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2017-04-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 9.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-0779

  • Confirm whether Apache Tomee is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0779.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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