#VU27960 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Log4j - CVE-2019-17571 

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#VU27960 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Log4j - CVE-2019-17571

Published: May 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27960
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17571
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Log4j
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the SocketServer class in Log4j. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system,  if these is a deserialization gadget listening to untrusted network traffic for log data.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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