module

IBM WebSphere RCE Java Deserialization Vulnerability

Disclosed
Nov 6, 2015
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in IBM's WebSphere Application Server. An unsafe deserialization
call of unauthenticated Java objects exists to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library, which allows
remote arbitrary code execution. Authentication is not required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Author

Liatsis Fotios Liatsis Fotios @liatsisfotios

Platform

Windows

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use exploit/windows/misc/ibm_websphere_java_deserialize
msf exploit(ibm_websphere_java_deserialize) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ibm_websphere_java_deserialize) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ibm_websphere_java_deserialize) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ibm_websphere_java_deserialize) > exploit

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