PT-2018-1860 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Application Server

Published 2018-09-06 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1567

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0 through 9.0

Description The issue is related to the recovery of an untrusted data structure in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary Java code through the SOAP connector using a serialized object from untrusted sources.

Recommendations For versions 7.0 through 9.0, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the SOAP connector to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using serialized objects from untrusted sources in the SOAP connector until the issue is resolved.

Fix

RCE

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01462

CVE-2018-1567

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Application Server

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1567 · Security Note
• https://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01462 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1567 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041644 · Note