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CVE-2016-3088
The Fileserver web application in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.0 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via an…
Critical9.8Known exploitedEPSS 98.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The Fileserver web application in 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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 10 Feb 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 10 Aug 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.5% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-clientGHSA-rxqh-fc23-gxp2 (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-356 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 42283 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-357 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1035951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20190327 svn commit: r1042639 - in /websites/production/activemq/content/activemq-website: ./ projects/artemis/download/ projects/classic/download/ projects/cms/download/ security-advisories.data/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-users] 20190703 Re: ActiveMQ cve vulnerabilities seen in latest version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [announce] 20200131 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2019 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3088 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rxqh-fc23-gxp2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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