Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 97.7%; technical severity is CVSS 9.8.
Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.
Who should care
- Teams operating Sterling B2b Integrator, Sterling Integrator, Tivoli Common Reporting +5 more
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Sterling B2b Integrator, Sterling Integrator, Tivoli Common Reporting +5 more is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Vendor remediation
Patch and remediation links
Use the vendor source below to confirm the correct fixed version, package or mitigation for your affected product.
Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Affected versions
- IBM Sterling B2b Integrator (Version: 5.2); IBM Sterling Integrator (Version: 5.1); IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (Version: 3.1.2.1); IBM Watson Content Analytics (Start Including: 3.5, End Including: 3.5.0.3); IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components (Version: 11.0); IBM Watson Explorer Annotation Administration Console (Version: 11.0); IBM Websphere Application Server (Version: 8.5.5.5); IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition
- Published
- 2 January 2016
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 97.7%
- Signal calculated at 85
External references
- Government advisory from www.cisa.gov
- Vendor advisory from www-01.ibm.com
- Vendor advisory from www-01.ibm.com
- Vendor advisory from www-01.ibm.com
- Vendor advisory from www-01.ibm.com
- Vendor advisory from www-01.ibm.com
- Third-party advisory from www.securityfocus.com
- Third-party advisory from www.securitytracker.com
- Exploit information from www.exploit-db.com