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    CVE-2021-34371

    Neo4j through 3.4.18 (with the shell server enabled) exposes an RMI service that arbitrarily deserializes Java objects, e.g., through setSessionVariable. An attacker can abuse this for remote code execution because there are dependencies with exploitable gadget chains.

    Published:Aug 5, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 5, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.68071
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Neo4j
    Product
    Neo4j

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50170https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50170https://github.com/tavgar/CVE-2021-34371https://github.com/zwjjustdoit/CVE-2021-34371.jar

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-586 Object Injection

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    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