CVE-2015-2342

critical

Published 2015-10-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The JMX RMI service in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before u3e, 5.1 before u3b, 5.5 before u3, and 6.0 before u1 does not restrict registration of MBeans, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RMI protocol.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36101 remote java verified

Metasploit · 2015-02-17

Java JMX - Server Insecure Configuration Java Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/misc/java_jmx_server rank 300

Java JMX Server Insecure Endpoint Code Execution Scanner

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

exploit_multi/misc/java_jmx_server rank 600

Java JMX Server Insecure Configuration Java Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	vcenter_server	`5.0`
vmware	vcenter_server	`5.1`
vmware	vcenter_server	`5.5`
vmware	vcenter_server	`6.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.