CVE-2016-5003
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 14.9% (pctl 97)
Patch early
EPSS 14.9% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
The Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object in an <ex:serializable> element.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 14.88% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-10-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | ws-xmlrpc |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91738
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294
- https://0ang3el.blogspot.ru/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1779
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1780
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1784
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2317
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115043
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-26
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91738
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294
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