CVE-2019-14540 is an unsafe polymorphic deserialization vulnerability in FasterXML jackson-databind involving the com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig gadget. Affected versions permit attacker-controlled type resolution during deserialization, allowing malicious input to instantiate HikariConfig when the class is present on the application classpath. The issue is fixed in jackson-databind 2.9.10, 2.8.11.5, and 2.6.7.3; version 2.10.0 and later are not affected.
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This repository provides a working exploit for CVE-2019-14540, targeting Java applications using vulnerable versions of the Jackson and Fastjson libraries in conjunction with JDK versions less than 8u191. The exploit leverages insecure deserialization and JNDI LDAP remote class loading to achieve remote code execution. The structure includes a main exploit driver (Main.java) that demonstrates both Jackson and Fastjson deserialization vectors, and a payload (Exploit.java) that, when loaded remotely, executes a system command to launch the calculator application on the victim's machine. The attack requires the attacker to run a malicious LDAP server (using marshalsec) and an HTTP server to serve the payload class file. The endpoints used in the exploit are 'ldap://localhost:1389/Exploit' for JNDI injection and 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/#Exploit' for serving the payload. The repository is well-structured for demonstration purposes and includes build scripts and documentation for setup and execution.
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A network-reachable critical vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact according to the supplied CVSS v3 vector.
Jackson Databind deserialization flaw involving serialization gadgets in HikariConfig.
A Jackson Databind deserialization-gadget issue involving com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig.
A jackson-databind deserialization gadget issue involving com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig.
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