CVE-2017-12628

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can only be used for privilege escalation. Release 3.0.1 upgrades the incriminated library.

Affected products

Apache James Server: through 3.0.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101532
https://www.mail-archive.com/server-user%40james.apache.org/msg15633.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101532
https://www.mail-archive.com/server-user%40james.apache.org/msg15633.html

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