The JMX server embedded in Apache James, also used by the command line client is exposed to a java de-serialization issue, and thus can be used to execute arbitrary commands. As James exposes JMX socket by default only on local-host, this vulnerability can only be used for privilege escalation. Release 3.0.1 upgrades the incriminated library.
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"nvd_published_at": "2017-10-20T15:29:00Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-502"
],
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-27T00:18:01Z",
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true
}