CVE-2017-12628
Apache James Privilege Escalation
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.76%
Description
The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can only be used for privilege escalation. Release 3.0.1 upgrades the incriminated library.
How to fix CVE-2017-12628
To remediate CVE-2017-12628, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.0.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-12628 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |