CVE-2015-6420 in the critical feed json
Insecure Deserialization in Apache Commons Collection
published 10y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-6hgm-866r-3cjv , EUVD-2020-0464
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 24.2%
- EPSS 24.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Serialized-object interfaces in certain Cisco Collaboration and Social Media; Endpoint Clients and Client Software; Network Application, Service, and Acceleration; Network and Content Security Devices; Network Management and Provisioning; Routing and Switching - Enterprise and Service Provider; Unified Computing; Voice and Unified Communications Devices; Video, Streaming, TelePresence, and Transcoding Devices; Wireless; and Cisco Hosted Services products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.
Patch / fix
- maven org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 4.1
- maven commons-collections:commons-collections 3.2.2
- apache commons_collections 3.2.2
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
24.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- foxglovesecurity.com https://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 | <4.1 |
4.1 |
| maven | commons-collections:commons-collections | <3.2.2 |
3.2.2 |
| maven | net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic | <=4.0.1 |
no fix listed |
| maven | org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic | <=4.01 |
no fix listed |
| maven | org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections | <=3.2.1 |
no fix listed |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
-
foxglovesecurity.com
/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerab
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
tools.cisco.com
/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151209-java-deserialization
vendor-advisory, web, third-party-advisory
-
lists.apache.org
/thread.html/r352e40ca9874d1beb4ad95403792adca7eb295e6bc3bd7b65fabcc21%40%3Ccommits.samza.apache.org%3E
mailing-list, vendor-advisory
-
news.apache.org
/foundation/entry/apache_commons_statement_to_widespread
vendor-advisory
-
oracle.com
/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
web, third-party-advisory
-
h20566.www2.hpe.com
/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917
web, third-party-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/78872
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
-
tenable.com
/security/research/tra-2017-23
web, third-party-advisory
-
h20566.www2.hpe.com
/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
web, third-party-advisory
-
kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/581311
third-party-advisory, web
-
tenable.com
/security/research/tra-2017-14
web, third-party-advisory
-
kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/576313
third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6420
advisory
-
arxiv.org
/pdf/2306.05534
web
-
github.com
/apache/commons-collections
package
-
lists.apache.org
/thread.html/r352e40ca9874d1beb4ad95403792adca7eb295e6bc3bd7b65fabcc21@%3Ccommits.samza.apache.org%3E
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-6420
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6hgm-866r-3cjv
- NVD CVE-2015-6420
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