Deserialization in Alfresco
CVE-2019-14224
An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition 5.2 201707. By leveraging multiple components in the Alfresco Software applications, an exploit chain was observed that allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the victim machine. The attacker must upload malicious Solr configuration files and then receive a JMX connection from the victim, and serve a Java object that results in deserialization and code execution.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
EPSS: 0.053 (91.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Alfresco — versions 5.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14224?
- CVE-2019-14224 is a high-severity vulnerability in Alfresco, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-09-05.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14224?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-14224 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.