CVE-2016-6199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ObjectSocketWrapper.java in Gradle 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.

Published: 2017-02-07

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gradle:gradle:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7132	ObjectSocketWrapper.java in Gradle 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02251.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.gradle.org/t/a-security-issue-about-gradle-rce/17726
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6199
https://philwantsfish.github.io/security/java-deserialization-github
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6199

History

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Subscriptions

Gradle Gradle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-07T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.677Z

Reserved: 2016-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6199

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-07T15:59:00.427

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6199

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6199 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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