What is CVE-2016-6500?

CVE-2016-6500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forgerock Racf Connector, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-6500?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-6500 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Forgerock Racf Connector

CVE-2016-6500

Unspecified methods in the RACF Connector component before 1.1.1.0 in ForgeRock OpenIDM and OpenICF improperly call the SearchControls constructor with returnObjFlag set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Forgerock Racf_connector
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

PalindromeLabs/Java-Deserialization-CVEs

References

security-alert@hpe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6500?: CVE-2016-6500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forgerock Racf Connector, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-6500?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6500 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.