CVE-2016-2510

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2510
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-07 20:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBeanShell (bsh) before 2.0b6, when included on the classpath by an application that uses Java serialization or XStream, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data, related to XThis.Handler.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-19 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Beanshell Beanshell 1.0 All All All
Application Beanshell Beanshell 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Beanshell Beanshell 2.0 beta4 All All
Application Beanshell Beanshell 2.0 beta5 All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat JBoss Deserialization Bug in BeanShell Library Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Release BeanShell 2.0b6 · beanshell/beanshell · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3504-1 bsh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
BeanShell exploit by pwntester · Pull Request #13 · frohoff/ysoserial · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Prevent deserialization of Handler · beanshell/beanshell@7c68fde · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
404 - File or directory not found. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rsaconference.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0833-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
BeanShell CVE-2016-2510 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Avoid (de)serialization of XThis.Handler · beanshell/beanshell@1ccc66b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
BeanShell: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201607-17) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2923-1: BeanShell vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0788-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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