#VU49368 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2020-36179
Published: January 7, 2021 / Updated: January 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49368
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36179
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jackson-databind
jackson-databind
Software vendor:
FasterXML
FasterXML
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 related to oadd.org.apache.commons.dbcp.cpdsadapter.DriverAdapterCPDS. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.