CVE-2016-2510

Public Exploit

Description

BeanShell (bsh) before 2.0b6, when included on the classpath by an application that uses Java serialization or XStream, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data, related to XThis.Handler.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 35.29% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84139 vdb entry third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1135 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0540.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00056.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0539.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3504 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035440 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00078.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2923-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-17 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://github.com/frohoff/ysoserial/pull/13 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell/commit/7c68fde2d6fc65e362f20863d868c112a90a9b49 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell/commit/1ccc66bb693d4e46a34a904db8eeff07808d2ced third party advisory patch
https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell/releases/tag/2.0b6 third party advisory patch
https://www.rsaconference.com/writable/presentations/file_upload/asd-f03-serial-killer-silently-pwning-your-java-endpoints.pdf third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2510?
CVE-2016-2510 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2510?
To fix CVE-2016-2510, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2510 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-2510 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~35% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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