CVE-2020-9488
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 95th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
8.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 95th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
7 events over 2250 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- Communications Application Session ControllerCommunications / messaging-chat
- Communications Billing and Revenue ManagementEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- communications eagle ftp table base retrievalCommunications
- communications offline mediation controllerDatabases / data-warehouse-analytics
- communications services gatekeeperDatabases / db-tooling
- communications unified inventory managementEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- data integratorDatabases / db-tooling
- enterprise manager for peoplesoftEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Jboss FuseOperating Systems / linux-distro
- OpenShift Application RuntimesOperating Systems / linux-distro
- JBoss Data GridOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Single Sign-OnOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Process Automation ManagerOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Descision ManagerOperating Systems / linux-distro
- JBoss A-MQ StreamingOperating Systems / linux-distro
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Scored 3.7 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8c001b9a95c0bbec06f4457721edd94935a55932e64b82cc5582b846%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f209d271349bafd91537a558a279c08ebcff8fa3e547357d58833e6%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7641ee788e1eb1be4bb206a7d15f8a64ec6ef23e5ec6132d5a567695%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
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