CVE-2015-6420

CRITICAL

Apache Commons Collections < 3.2.2 and < 4.1 - Remote Code Execution via Deserialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-6420. PoCs published by Leeziao.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a working PoC for CVE-2015-6420, a Java deserialization vulnerability. The exploit leverages Apache Commons Collections to construct a malicious payload that executes arbitrary commands via a chain of transformers, demonstrating RCE through deserialization.

Description

Serialized-object interfaces in certain Cisco Collaboration and Social Media; Endpoint Clients and Client Software; Network Application, Service, and Acceleration; Network and Content Security Devices; Network Management and Provisioning; Routing and Switching - Enterprise and Service Provider; Unified Computing; Voice and Unified Communications Devices; Video, Streaming, TelePresence, and Transcoding Devices; Wireless; and Cisco Hosted Services products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Leeziao · poc
https://github.com/Leeziao/CVE-2015-6420

This repository contains a working PoC for CVE-2015-6420, a Java deserialization vulnerability. The exploit leverages Apache Commons Collections to construct a malicious payload that executes arbitrary commands via a chain of transformers, demonstrating RCE through deserialization.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apache Commons Collections (versions with vulnerable deserialization)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target application must deserialize untrusted data · Apache Commons Collections library must be present in the classpath
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2120
EPSS Percentile 95.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (7)
apache/commons_collections 4.0
apache/commons_collections < 3.2.1
commons-collections/commons-collections 0 - 3.2.2Maven
net.sourceforge.collections/collections-generic 0Maven
org.apache.commons/commons-collections4 0 - 4.1Maven
org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic 0Maven
org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections 0Maven
Published Dec 15, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026