CVE-2017-5638 (GCVE-0-2017-5638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-11 02:11 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55
VLAI?
Summary
The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41570 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2017031… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/is… x_refsource_MISC
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-046.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/03/apache-… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.imperva.com/blog/2017/03/cve-2017-563… x_refsource_MISC
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displ… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/834067 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22169 x_refsource_MISC
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-045.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037973 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.eweek.com/security/apache-struts-vulne… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96729 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://twitter.com/theog150/status/841146956135124993 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/mazen160/struts-pwn x_refsource_MISC
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https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=strut… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=strut… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-045 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41614/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-046 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81e… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90890afea72… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Affected: 2.3.x before 2.3.32
Affected: 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1
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