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CVE-2019-4279
published 2019-05-17

CVE-2019-4279: 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…

PriorityP182critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
79.93%
99.6th percentile
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.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ibmwebsphere_application_server
ibmwebsphere_application_server
ibmwebsphere_application_server
ibmwebsphere_application_server8.5.0.0 – 8.5.5.15
ibmwebsphere_application_server9.0.0.0 – 9.0.0.11

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port11006
port11002
port11004
othercom.ibm.son.mesh.Message
othercom.ibm.son.mesh.BcastFloodMsg
othercom.ibm.son.mesh.TcpNodeMessage
bytes
0x396fb74a
  • Detect exploit traffic by matching the 4-byte magic header 0x396fb74a at the start of TCP packets on WAS DMGR ports (11002, 11004, 11006, etc.) over SSLv3
  • Monitor for Java deserialized objects containing class names com.ibm.son.mesh.Message, com.ibm.son.mesh.BcastFloodMsg, or com.ibm.son.mesh.TcpNodeMessage in network traffic to WAS DMGR ports
  • The exploit requires a 2-minute delay between attempts due to neighbor reset; repeated connection attempts to DMGR ports with ~120s intervals may indicate exploitation attempts
  • ·The exploit targets Windows platforms only (win x86/x64 or CMD); Linux/Unix WAS deployments are not targeted by this specific module
  • ·Exploitation requires elevated/privileged access on the target; the module is marked Privileged => true
  • ·The Metasploit module references CVE-2019-8352 in its References block, which may differ from the NVD-assigned CVE-2019-4279; verify the correct CVE mapping before using for tracking

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.09.0CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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