CVE-2017-5638Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/http-vuln-cve2017-5638.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
• http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-002.txt Third Party Advisory
• https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-under-massive-attack-imperils-high-impact-sites/ ExploitPress/Media Coverage
• 41570 exploitExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170310-0001/ Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/8064 ExploitIssue Tracking
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-046.html MitigationVendor Advisory
• http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/03/apache-0-day-exploited.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
• https://www.imperva.com/blog/2017/03/cve-2017-5638-new-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-in-apache-struts-2/ Third Party Advisory
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03733en_us Broken Link
• VU#834067 third-party-advisoryThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
• https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22169 ExploitThird Party Advisory
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-045.html MitigationVendor Advisory
• 1037973 vdb-entryBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• http://www.eweek.com/security/apache-struts-vulnerability-under-attack.html Press/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
• 96729 vdb-entryBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• https://twitter.com/theog150/status/841146956135124993 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/mazen160/struts-pwn Exploit
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141494/S2-45-poc.py.txt Broken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA145 Broken Link
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-14200 Third Party Advisory
• https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=struts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=352306493971e7d5a756d61780d57a76eb1f519a Broken Link
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03723en_us Third Party Advisory
• https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=struts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b8272ce47160036ed120a48345d9aa884477228 Broken Link
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-045 MitigationVendor Advisory
• 41614 exploitExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-046 MitigationVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html PatchThird Party Advisory
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03749en_us Third Party Advisory
• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/cve-2017-5638-apache-struts-vulnerability-remote-c… ExploitThird Party Advisory
• [announce] 20200131 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2019 mailing-listMailing List
• [announce] 20210125 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020 mailing-listMailing List
• [announce] 20210223 Re: Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020 mailing-listMailing List
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5638 US Government Resource