Vulnerability record

CVE-2015-7450

IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jul 10, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor EditionIBMKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2015-7450 scored CVSS 9.8: IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition, IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References