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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Log4j

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 6, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 12, 2023

Package

maven log4j:log4j (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.2, <= 1.2.17

Patched versions

None
maven org.zenframework.z8.dependencies.commons:log4j-1.2.17 (Maven)
= 2.0
None

Description

Included in Log4j 1.2 is a SocketServer class that is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data which can be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary code when combined with a deserialization gadget when listening to untrusted network traffic for log data. This affects Log4j versions 1.2 up to 1.2.17.

Users are advised to migrate to org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 20, 2019
Reviewed Dec 27, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 6, 2020
Last updated Oct 12, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

93.853%
(99th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-17571

GHSA ID

GHSA-2qrg-x229-3v8q

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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