CVE-2020-14664 Code injection in Java

What is CVE-2020-14664?

CVE-2020-14664 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Netapp 7-Mode Transition Tool, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Java SE product of Oracle Java SE (component: JavaFX). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 8u251. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Java SE, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14664?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 15 products.

Products include Netapp 7-Mode Transition Tool, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp Cloud Secure Agent, Netapp E-Series Performance Analyzer, Netapp E-Series Santricity Os Controller and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14664?

Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.0 or 8.0.261.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2020-14664 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Netapp 7-Mode Transition Tool

• CVE-2018-5489 Missing authorization in 7-Mode Transition Tool Medium 6.5
• CVE-2022-21271 Denial of service in Solaris Operating System Medium 5.3

All Netapp 7-Mode Transition Tool vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-java-2020-14664, BIT-java-min-2020-14664, BIT-jre-2020-14664, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14664, GHSA-cfp9-cx5p-7jfp, MINI-phm9-7qg3-v63q and 2 more.