THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-4974
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4974

Amqp 0 X Jms Client vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.2%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Apache Qpid AMQP 0-x JMS client before 6.0.4 and JMS (AMQP 1.0) before 0.10.0 does not restrict the use of classes available on the classpath, which might allow remote authenticated users with permission to send messages to deserialize arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code by leveraging a crafted serialized object in a JMS ObjectMessage that is handled by the getObject function.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Amqp 0 X Jms Client
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2016-07-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4974

  • Confirm whether Apache Amqp 0 X Jms Client is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4974.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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