SB2018051525 - Privilege escalation in Infinispan
Published: May 15, 2018 Updated: November 19, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051525
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1131)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A local user can pass specially crafted XML or JSON data to a cache configured to accept certain types of objects and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.