Deserialization

Insecure deserialization is when user-controllable data is deserialized by a website. This potentially enables an attacker to manipulate serialized objects in order to pass harmful data into the application code.
Objects of any class that is available to the website will be deserialized and instantiated, regardless of which class was expected. An object of an unexpected class might cause an exception. By this time, however, the damage may already be done. Many deserialization-based attacks are completed before deserialization is finished. This means that the deserialization process itself can initiate an attack, even if the website's own functionality does not directly interact with the malicious object.
Vulnerable functions
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# PHP
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unserialize()
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# Python
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pickle/c_pickle/_pickle with load/loads
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PyYAML with load
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jsonpickle with encode or store methods>/tmp/f
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# Java
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# Whitebox
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XMLdecoder with external user defined parameters
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XStream with fromXML method (xstream version <= v1.46 is vulnerable to the serialization issue)
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ObjectInputStream with readObject
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Uses of readObject, readObjectNodData, readResolve or readExternal
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ObjectInputStream.readUnshared
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Serializable
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# Blackbox
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AC ED 00 05 in Hex
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rO0 in Base64
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Content-type: application/x-java-serialized-object
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# ysoserial
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java -jar ysoserial.jar CommonsCollections4 'command'
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# .Net
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# Whithebox
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TypeNameHandling
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JavaScriptTypeResolver
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# Blackbox
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TypeObject
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$type
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# Java
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# Ysoserial: https://github.com/frohoff/ysoserial
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java -jar ysoserial.jar CommonsCollections4 'command'
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# Java Deserialization Scanner: https://github.com/federicodotta/Java-Deserialization-Scanner
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# SerialKiller: https://github.com/ikkisoft/SerialKiller
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# Serianalyzer: https://github.com/mbechler/serianalyzer
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# Java Unmarshaller Security: https://github.com/mbechler/marshalsec
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# Java Serial Killer: https://github.com/NetSPI/JavaSerialKiller
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# Android Java Deserialization Vulnerability Tester: https://github.com/modzero/modjoda
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# .NET
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# Ysoserial.net: https://github.com/pwntester/ysoserial.net
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ysoserial.exe -g ObjectDataProvider -f Json.Net -c “command-here” -o base64
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# Burp-Plugins
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# Java: https://github.com/DirectDefense/SuperSerial
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# Java: https://github.com/DirectDefense/SuperSerial-Active
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# Burp-ysoserial: https://github.com/summitt/burp-ysoserial
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