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CVE-2016-0779 (GCVE-0-2016-0779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-11 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:30
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Summary
The EjbObjectInputStream class in Apache TomEE before 1.7.4 and 7.x before 7.0.0-M3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-03-15 00:00
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