Cisco Releases Security Advisories

Cisco has released advisories describing Apache Struts 2 vulnerabilities potentially affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisories...

Apache Struts 2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Affecting Multiple Cisco Products: September 2017

On September 7, 2017, the Apache Software Foundation released a security bulletin that disclosed a vulnerability in the Freemarker tag functionality of the Apache Struts 2 package. The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. T...

CVE-2017-9805: Apache Struts Remote Code Execution | Cloud Foundry

Severity Advisory/Critical Vendor Apache Versions Affected Apache Struts 2: 2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.34 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.13 Description An RCE attack is possible when using the Struts REST plugin with XStream handler to deserialise XML requests 1. Affected Cloud Foundry Products and...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2 Affecting Cisco Products: September 2017

On September 5, 2017, the Apache Software Foundation released security bulletins that disclosed three vulnerabilities in the Apache Struts 2 package. Of these vulnerabilities, the Apache Software Foundation classifies one as Critical Severity, one as Medium Severity, and one as Low Severity. For...

Apache Struts 2 framework REST plugin insecurely deserializes untrusted XML data

Overview Apache Struts 2 framework, versions 2.5 to 2.5.12, with REST plugin insecurely deserializes untrusted XML data. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Struts application. Description CWE-502: Deserialization of...

Apache Struts 2 REST Plugin XStream XML Request Deserialization RCE

The remote web application appears to use the Apache Struts 2 web framework. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the REST plugin, which uses XStreamHandler to insecurely deserialize user-supplied input in XML requests. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a...

Design/Logic Flaw

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.24.1 allows remote attackers to manipulate Struts internals, alter user sessions, or affect container settings via vectors involving a top object...

CVE-2015-5209

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.24.1 allows remote attackers to manipulate Struts internals, alter user sessions, or affect container settings via vectors involving a top object...

CVE-2017-9791

The Struts 1 plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.x and 2.3.x might allow remote code execution via a malicious field value passed in a raw message to the ActionMessage...

Apache Struts 2 remote command execution vulnerability(S2-048)

Vulnerability overview Struts is a Apache Software Foundation ASF sponsored an open source project. By using JavaServlet/JSP technology, is implemented based on the Java EEWeb application of the MVC design pattern application framework, MVC is a classic design pattern in a classic product. But in...

Apache Struts Open Source Framework Remote Code Execution - us

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-14200 Potential Impact: Remote code execution Scope of Impact: Industry-Wide CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-5638 Summary Description: Lenovo V3700 V2, Lenovo V3700 V2 XP, Lenovo V5030/V5030F and Storwize V7000 for Lenovo storage devices contain a vulnerability in Apache...

Stories From Two Years in an IoT Honeypot

SINT MAARTEN—Curious just how susceptible some of the more vulnerable IoT devices are, a researcher set up a series of honeypots at his friends’ houses to record traffic, exploit attempts and other statistics. Dan Demeter, a junior security researcher with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and...

Apache Struts 2 Exploits Installing Cerber Ransomware

Attackers are attempting to exploit the recent Apache Struts vulnerability on Windows servers and the payload is a variant of the Cerber ransomware. The SANS Internet Storm Center on Thursday said it has seen numerous attempts during the past month to exploit the vulnerability in this way. The fl...

VMware Patches Pwn2Own VM Escape Vulnerabilities

VMware on Tuesday patched a series of vulnerabilities uncovered earlier this month at Pwn2Own. The flaws enabled an attacker to execute code on a workstation and carry out a virtual machine escape to attack a host server. Monty Ijzerman, manager of the company’s Security Response Center, confirme...

Apache Struts 2 Jakarta Multipart Parser file upload command execution

Added: 03/16/2017 CVE: CVE-2017-5638 BID: 96729 Background Apache Struts is an open-source web application framework for developing Java EE web applications. It uses and extends the Java Servlet API to encourage developers to adopt a model-view-controller MVC architecture. Problem The Jakarta...

CVE-2017-5638: Apache Struts Remote Code Execution | Cloud Foundry

Severity Advisory/Critical Vendor Apache Versions Affected Apache Struts 2: 2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.32 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.10.1 Description The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 1 mishandles file upload, which allows remote...

Apache Struts 2 is vulnerable to remote code execution

Overview Apache Struts, versions 2.3.5 - 2.3.31 and 2.5 - 2.5.10, is vulnerable to code injection leading to remote code execution RCE. Description CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code - CVE-2017-5638An attacker can execute arbitrary OGNL code included in the "Content-Type" header of a...

VMware product updates resolve remote code execution vulnerability via Apache Struts 2

Remote code execution vulnerability via Apache Struts 2 Multiple VMware products contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to the use of Apache Struts 2. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in the complete compromise of an affected product. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

Apache Struts 2 2.3.x / 2.5.x Remote Code Execution Exploit

Apache Struts 2 versions 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 remote code execution exploit that provides a reverse shell. Usage Info Tested with tomcat8 Install tomcat8 Deploy WAR file https://github.com/nixawk/labs/tree/master/CVE-2017-5638 Ex: Open: $ nc -lnvp 4444 python2 struntsrce....

CVE-2017-5638

The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or...