ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13, allows unserialization of unsafe Java objects

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

21.2%

percentile 98%

Public exploits

none known

ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 before build 13200, allows unserialization of unsafe Java objects. The vulnerability can be exploited by remote user without authentication and it allows to execute remote code compromising the application as well as the operating system. As Application Manager's RMI registry is running with privileges of system administrator, by exploiting this vulnerability an attacker gains highest privileges on the underlying operating system.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

21.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	10.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

ManageEngine Applications Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/9 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/97394/ · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
manageengine.com /products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2016-9498.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-9498
NVD: CVE-2016-9498

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