CVE-2016-6501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

JFrog Artifactory before 4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

Published: 2016-12-09

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jfrog:artifactory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-7423	JFrog Artifactory before 4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

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 0.02272.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94855
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Munoz-A-Journey-From-JNDI-LDAP-Manipulation-To-RCE-wp.pdf
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-MainUpdates.7

History

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Subscriptions

Jfrog Artifactory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2016-12-09T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.117Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-6501

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-09T22:59:04.153

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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