CVE-2016-2173

CRITICAL

Fedora < 1.5.5 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2173. PoCs published by HaToan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2016-2173, demonstrating remote code execution via deserialization in Spring AMQP. It includes a vulnerable application setup and a test case that sends malicious serialized payloads to exploit the vulnerability.

Description

org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultDeserializer in Spring AMQP before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 4 stars
by HaToan · poc
https://github.com/HaToan/CVE-2016-2173

This repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2016-2173, demonstrating remote code execution via deserialization in Spring AMQP. It includes a vulnerable application setup and a test case that sends malicious serialized payloads to exploit the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Spring AMQP versions 1.0.0 to 1.5.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: RabbitMQ server running · Java environment · ysoserial for payload generation
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182959.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182551.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-2173
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326205
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182850.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2129
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-20
Status published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora 22
fedoraproject/fedora 23
fedoraproject/fedora 24
org.springframework.amqp/spring-amqp 0 - 1.5.5Maven
vmware/spring_advanced_message_queuing_protocol < 1.5.5
Published Apr 21, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026