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    CVE-2015-3253

    The MethodClosure class in runtime/MethodClosure.java in Apache Groovy 1.7.0 through 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted serialized object.

    Published:Jul 16, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Aug 13, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.5246
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Groovy
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Health Sciences Clinical Development Center
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Order Broker Cloud Service
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Service Backbone
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Store Inventory Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Webcenter Sites
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Amq
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Data Virtualization
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse Service Works
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Operations Network
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    CAPEC-105 HTTP Request Splitting
    CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    CAPEC-120 Double Encoding
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-19 Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-250 XML Injection
    CAPEC-267 Leverage Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-273 HTTP Response Smuggling
    CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
    CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
    CAPEC-34 HTTP Response Splitting
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-441 Malicious Logic Insertion
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-478 Modification of Windows Service Configuration
    CAPEC-479 Malicious Root Certificate
    CAPEC-502 Intent Spoof
    CAPEC-503 WebView Exposure
    CAPEC-51 Poison Web Service Registry
    CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
    CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
    CAPEC-536 Data Injected During Configuration
    CAPEC-546 Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment
    CAPEC-550 Install New Service
    CAPEC-551 Modify Existing Service
    CAPEC-552 Install Rootkit
    CAPEC-556 Replace File Extension Handlers
    CAPEC-558 Replace Trusted Executable
    CAPEC-562 Modify Shared File
    CAPEC-563 Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot
    CAPEC-564 Run Software at Logon
    CAPEC-578 Disable Security Software
    CAPEC-586 Object Injection
    CAPEC-6 Argument Injection
    CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
    CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls
    CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
    CAPEC-84 XQuery Injection
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

    References

    http://groovy-lang.org/security.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132714/Apache-Groovy-2.4.3-Code-Execution.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0066.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536012/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75919
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034815
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb8e16cc5acab183124572b655bdf5fe1d5b5f477dc267352426c7ed%40%3Cnotifications.shardingsphere.apache.org%3E
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-01
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160623-0001/
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    http://groovy-lang.org/security.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132714/Apache-Groovy-2.4.3-Code-Execution.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0066.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536012/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75919
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034815
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb8e16cc5acab183124572b655bdf5fe1d5b5f477dc267352426c7ed%40%3Cnotifications.shardingsphere.apache.org%3E
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-01
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160623-0001/
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High