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CVE-2015-3253

The MethodClosure class in runtime/MethodClosure.java in Apache Groovy 1.7.0 through 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted serialized object.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a CRITICAL severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 6 products from apache, from oracle, from oracle and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-08-13T14:59:02.377

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-74

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.3	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.4	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.5	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.6	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.7	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.8	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.9	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.10	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.7.11	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.3	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.4	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.5	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.6	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.7	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.8	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.8.9	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.9.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.9.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.9.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	1.9.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.3	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.4	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.5	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.6	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.7	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.0.8	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.3	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.4	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.5	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.6	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.7	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.8	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.1.9	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.2.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.3	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.4	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.5	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.6	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.7	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.8	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.9	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.10	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.3.11	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.1	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.2	Yes
Application	apache	groovy	2.4.3	Yes
Application	oracle	health_sciences_clinical_development_center	3.1.1	Yes
Application	oracle	health_sciences_clinical_development_center	3.1.2	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_order_broker_cloud_service	4.1	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_order_broker_cloud_service	5.1	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_order_broker_cloud_service	5.2	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_order_broker_cloud_service	15.0	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_service_backbone	13.0	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_service_backbone	13.1	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_service_backbone	13.2	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_service_backbone	14.0	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_service_backbone	14.1	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_service_backbone	15.0	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_store_inventory_management	13.2	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_store_inventory_management	14.0	Yes
Application	oracle	retail_store_inventory_management	14.1	Yes
Application	oracle	webcenter_sites	11.1.1.8.0	Yes
Application	oracle	webcenter_sites	12.2.1	Yes

References

http://groovy-lang.org/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132714/Apache-Groovy-2.4.3-Code-Execution.html Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0066.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536012/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75919 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034815 ([email protected])
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596 ([email protected])
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755 ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb8e16cc5acab183124572b655bdf5fe1d5b5f477dc267352426c7ed%40%3Cnotifications.shardingsphere.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-01 ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160623-0001/ ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html ([email protected])
http://groovy-lang.org/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132714/Apache-Groovy-2.4.3-Code-Execution.html Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0066.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536012/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75919 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034815 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb8e16cc5acab183124572b655bdf5fe1d5b5f477dc267352426c7ed%40%3Cnotifications.shardingsphere.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-01 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160623-0001/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apache's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.