Quantum Secular Labs / Blog / Advisories

CVE-2014-8891: IBM Java Sdk: Remote code execution

CVE-2014-8891 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists IBM Java Sdk as the affected product. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to the security manager.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • IBM Java Sdk: from 5.0.0.0 up to and including 5.0.16.8; from 6.0.0.0 before 6.0.16.3; from 6.1.0.0 up to and including 6.1.8.2; from 7.0.0.0 before 7.0.8.10; from 7.1.0.0 before 7.1.2.10

References