High severity · published Sep 3, 2019
CVE-2019-5475
The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data, such as the Yum…
8.8
CVSS
18.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data, such as the Yum Configuration Capability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)18.4% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NR
Nexus Repository Manager · Sonatype
2.0 through 2.14.9-01 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5475
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5475
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/654888
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