CVE-2016-6500 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified methods in the RACF Connector component before 1.1.1.0 in ForgeRock OpenIDM and OpenICF improperly call the SearchControls constructor with returnObjFlag set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

Published: 2017-02-03

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 1.9% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:forgerock:racf_connector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-7422	Unspecified methods in the RACF Connector component before 1.1.1.0 in ForgeRock OpenIDM and OpenICF improperly call the SearchControls constructor with returnObjFlag set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01888.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://backstage.forgerock.com/knowledge/kb/article/a96963547

History

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Subscriptions

Forgerock Racf Connector

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2017-02-03T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.259Z

Reserved: 2016-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6500

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-03T19:59:00.223

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

Link: CVE-2016-6500

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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