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Apache James Privilege Escalation

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 23, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.james:james-project (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.0.1

Patched versions

3.0.1

Description

The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can only be used for privilege escalation. Release 3.0.1 upgrades the incriminated library.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 20, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 27, 2023
Last updated Oct 23, 2023

Severity

High
7.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-12628

GHSA ID

GHSA-xj7q-q94c-6wr3

Source code

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