Critical severity · published May 15, 2019
CVE-2013-7285
Xstream API versions up to 1.4.6 and version 1.4.10, if the security framework has not been initialized, may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands by…
9.8
CVSS
84.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Xstream API versions up to 1.4.6 and version 1.4.10, if the security framework has not been initialized, may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the processed input stream when unmarshaling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)84.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
ActiveMQ · Apache
5.15.8 · source: NVD
EI
Endeca Information Discovery Studio · Oracle
3.2.0 · source: NVD
XS
Xstream · Xstream
through 1.4.6; 1.4.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7285
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7285
Broken Link
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69
Third Party Advisory
http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html
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