CVE-2016-8648

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsJBoss FuseJBoss a MqKaraf

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

It was found that the Karaf container used by Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.x, and Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x, deserializes objects passed to MBeans via JMX operations. An attacker could use this flaw to execute remote code on the server as the user running the Java Virtual Machine if the target MBean contain deserialization gadgets in its classpath.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94513
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8648

CVSS

7.2HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502

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