Advisory Details

November 1st, 2016

Oracle WebLogic Commons DiskFileItem Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-5535
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	WebLogic
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle WebLogic. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the use of Apache Commons DiskFileItem. It is possible to execute arbitrary commands upon deserialization of untrusted data. The attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-04-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-11-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Jacob Baines - Tenable Network Security

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