CVE-2013-1777

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The JMX Remoting functionality in Apache Geronimo 3.x before 3.0.1, as used in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Community Edition 3.0.0.3 and other products, does not properly implement the RMI classloader, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the JMX connector to send a crafted serialized object.

Affected products

Apache Geronimo: 3.0, 3.0-beta1, 3.0-m1
IBM WebSphere Application Server: 3.0.0.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-07/0008.html
http://geronimo.apache.org/30x-security-report.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21643282
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-6477
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-07/0008.html
http://geronimo.apache.org/30x-security-report.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21643282
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-6477

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