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CVE-2017-5645


In Apache Log4j 2.x before 2.8.2, when using the TCP socket server or UDP socket server to receive serialized log events from another application, a specially crafted binary payload can be sent that, when deserialized, can execute arbitrary code.


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 79 products from apache, from netapp, from netapp and 76 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2017, 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

2017-04-17T21:59:00.373

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 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-502

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apache log4j < 2.8.2 Yes
Application netapp oncommand_api_services - Yes
Application netapp oncommand_insight - Yes
Application netapp oncommand_workflow_automation - Yes
Application netapp service_level_manager - Yes
Application netapp snapcenter - Yes
Application netapp storage_automation_store - Yes
Application redhat fuse 1.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 6.7 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.3 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 Yes
Application oracle api_gateway 11.1.2.4.0 Yes
Application oracle application_testing_suite 13.3.0.1 Yes
Application oracle autovue_vuelink_integration 21.0.0 Yes
Application oracle autovue_vuelink_integration 21.0.1 Yes
Application oracle banking_platform 2.6.0 Yes
Application oracle banking_platform 2.6.1 Yes
Application oracle banking_platform 2.6.2 Yes
Application oracle bi_publisher 11.1.1.7.0 Yes
Application oracle bi_publisher 11.1.1.9.0 Yes
Application oracle bi_publisher 12.2.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle bi_publisher 12.2.1.4.0 Yes
Application oracle communications_converged_application_server_-_service_controller 6.1 Yes
Application oracle communications_instant_messaging_server 10.0.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle communications_interactive_session_recorder ≤ 6.2 Yes
Application oracle communications_messaging_server < 8.0.2 Yes
Application oracle communications_network_integrity ≤ 7.3.6 Yes
Application oracle communications_online_mediation_controller 6.1 Yes
Application oracle communications_pricing_design_center 11.1 Yes
Application oracle communications_pricing_design_center 12.0 Yes
Application oracle communications_service_broker 6.0 Yes
Application oracle communications_webrtc_session_controller < 7.2 Yes
Application oracle configuration_manager 12.1.2.0.2 Yes
Application oracle configuration_manager 12.1.2.0.5 Yes
Application oracle endeca_information_discovery_studio 3.2.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_data_quality 12.2.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_base_platform 12.1.0.5 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_base_platform 13.2.0.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_fusion_middleware 12.1.0.5 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_fusion_middleware 13.2.0.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_mysql_database ≤ 13.2.2.0.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_oracle_database 12.1.0.8 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_oracle_database 13.2.2 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_peoplesoft 13.1.1.1 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_for_peoplesoft 13.2.1.1 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure ≤ 7.3.3.0.2 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure ≤ 8.0.7.0.0 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_behavior_detection_platform ≤ 8.0.4.0.0 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_behavior_detection_platform 6.1.1 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_hedge_management_and_ifrs_valuations 8.0.4 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_hedge_management_and_ifrs_valuations 8.0.5 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_lending_and_leasing ≤ 14.8.0 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_lending_and_leasing 12.5.0 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_loan_loss_forecasting_and_provisioning 8.0.4 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_loan_loss_forecasting_and_provisioning 8.0.5 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_profitability_management ≤ 8.0.7.0.0 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_profitability_management 6.1.1 Yes
Application oracle financial_services_regulatory_reporting_with_agilereporter 8.0.9.2.0 Yes
Application oracle flexcube_investor_servicing 12.0.4 Yes
Application oracle flexcube_investor_servicing 12.1.0 Yes
Application oracle flexcube_investor_servicing 12.3.0 Yes
Application oracle flexcube_investor_servicing 12.4.0 Yes
Application oracle flexcube_investor_servicing 14.0.0 Yes
Application oracle fusion_middleware_mapviewer 12.2.1.2 Yes
Application oracle fusion_middleware_mapviewer 12.2.1.3 Yes
Application oracle goldengate 12.3.2.1.1 Yes
Application oracle goldengate_application_adapters 12.3.2.1.1 Yes
Application oracle identity_analytics 11.1.1.5.8 Yes
Application oracle identity_management_suite 11.1.2.3.0 Yes
Application oracle identity_management_suite 12.2.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle identity_manager_connector 9.0 Yes
Application oracle in-memory_performance-driven_planning 12.1 Yes
Application oracle in-memory_performance-driven_planning 12.2 Yes
Application oracle instantis_enterprisetrack ≤ 17.3 Yes
Application oracle insurance_calculation_engine 10.1.1 Yes
Application oracle insurance_calculation_engine 10.2.1 Yes
Application oracle insurance_policy_administration 10.0 Yes
Application oracle insurance_policy_administration 10.1 Yes
Application oracle insurance_policy_administration 10.2 Yes
Application oracle insurance_policy_administration 11.0 Yes
Application oracle insurance_rules_palette 10.0 Yes
Application oracle insurance_rules_palette 10.1 Yes
Application oracle insurance_rules_palette 10.2 Yes
Application oracle insurance_rules_palette 11.0 Yes
Application oracle insurance_rules_palette 11.1 Yes
Application oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools 4.0.1.0 Yes
Application oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools 9.2 Yes
Application oracle jdeveloper 11.1.1.9.0 Yes
Application oracle jdeveloper 12.1.3.0.0 Yes
Application oracle jdeveloper 12.2.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle mysql_enterprise_monitor ≤ 3.4.7.4297 Yes
Application oracle mysql_enterprise_monitor ≤ 4.0.4.5235 Yes
Application oracle mysql_enterprise_monitor ≤ 8.0.0.8131 Yes
Application oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_fin_install 9.2 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 10.4.7 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.1.0 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.1.1 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.0 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.1 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.2 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.3 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.4 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.5 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.6 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.7 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.8 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.9 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation 12.2.10 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_connector_for_siebel 10.4.6 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 10.4.7 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.1.0 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.1.1 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.0 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.1 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.2 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.3 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.4 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.5 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.6 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.7 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.8 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.9 Yes
Application oracle policy_automation_for_mobile_devices 12.2.10 Yes
Application oracle primavera_gateway ≤ 16.2.11 Yes
Application oracle primavera_gateway ≤ 17.12.7 Yes
Application oracle rapid_planning 12.1 Yes
Application oracle rapid_planning 12.2 Yes
Application oracle retail_advanced_inventory_planning 14.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_advanced_inventory_planning 15.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_clearance_optimization_engine 14.0.5 Yes
Application oracle retail_extract_transform_and_load 13.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_extract_transform_and_load 13.1 Yes
Application oracle retail_extract_transform_and_load 13.2 Yes
Application oracle retail_extract_transform_and_load 19.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_integration_bus 14.0.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_integration_bus 14.1.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_integration_bus 15.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_integration_bus 16.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_open_commerce_platform 5.3.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_open_commerce_platform 6.0.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_open_commerce_platform 6.0.1 Yes
Application oracle retail_predictive_application_server 15.0.3 Yes
Application oracle retail_service_backbone 14.1 Yes
Application oracle retail_service_backbone 15.0 Yes
Application oracle retail_service_backbone 16.0 Yes
Application oracle siebel_ui_framework 18.7 Yes
Application oracle siebel_ui_framework 18.8 Yes
Application oracle siebel_ui_framework 18.9 Yes
Application oracle soa_suite 12.1.3.0.0 Yes
Application oracle soa_suite 12.2.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle soa_suite 12.2.2.0.0 Yes
Application oracle tape_library_acsls 8.4 Yes
Application oracle timesten_in-memory_database 11.2.2.8.49 Yes
Application oracle utilities_advanced_spatial_and_operational_analytics 2.7.0.1 Yes
Application oracle utilities_work_and_asset_management 1.9.1.2.12 Yes
Application oracle weblogic_server 10.3.6.0.0 Yes
Application oracle weblogic_server 12.1.3.0.0 Yes
Application oracle weblogic_server 12.2.1.3.0 Yes
Application oracle weblogic_server 12.2.1.4.0 Yes
Application oracle weblogic_server 14.1.1.0.0 Yes

References

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.