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CVE-2017-12628

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-10-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Apache, Java.

CVE
CVE-2017-12628
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.76%
Apache Java

Original NVD Description

The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can only be used for privilege escalation. Release 3.0.1 upgrades the incriminated library.

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