Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-10173

RCE

Title: Xstream RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-10173.

CWE Category CWE-502
Published Date Jul 23, 2019
Modified Date May 14, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
95.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-10173: It was found that xstream API version 1.4.10 before 1.4.11 introduced a regression for a previous deserialization flaw. If the security framework has not been initialized, it may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands when unmarshalling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON. (regression of CVE-2013-7285)

Impacted Vendors

O
oracle 9
X
xstream 1

Reference Links

http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.11 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4352 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0445 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10173 https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.11 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4352 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0445 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10173 https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-10173 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.