⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-01-10. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-07-10. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2015-7450 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data in IBM Watson Content Analytics

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted DataCWE-94 — Code Injection8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
93.3%
top 0.19%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-01-10
Due 2022-07-10
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
7
IBM Watson Content AnalyticsIBM Watson Explorer Analytical ComponentsIBM Watson Explorer Annotation Administration Console+4 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 2
KEV addedJan 10
Latest updateMay 17
KEV dueJul 10
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDibm/watson_content_analytics3.0 — 3.0.0.6+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8987-qgc7-79p9: Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote a↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-7450: Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote a↗2016-01-02
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VulnCheck
IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.↗2015
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💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
IBM WebSphere - RCE Java Deserialization (Metasploit)↗2017-03-15
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Nuclei
IBM WebSphere Java Object Deserialization - Remote Code Execution
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🔍Detection Rules

1
Suricata
ET EXPLOIT IBM WebSphere - RCE Java Deserialization↗2017-03-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.↗2022-01-10
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