CVE-2015-7450

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT...

9.8 CriticalIn KEVPublic exploit

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

97.8%Up 3.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2015-7450
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 9.8

Record: CVE-2015-7450
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-7374 9.8

Record: EUVD-2015-7374
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8987-qgc7-79p9 9.8

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT...

Record: GHSA-8987-qgc7-79p9
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands

Record: CVE-2015-7450
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	IBM WebSphere RCE Java Deserialization Vulnerability	2015-11-06
Exploit-DB	IBM WebSphere - RCE Java Deserialization (Metasploit)	2017-03-15
Nuclei	IBM WebSphere Java Object Deserialization - Remote Code Execution

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-7450 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published January 2, 2016. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since January 10, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since January 10, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 97.8%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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