elastic/apm-agent-java · Security
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation issue
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-37942
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious plugin to an application running the APM Java agent. By using this vulnerability, an attacker could execute code at a potentially higher level of permissions than their user typically has access to.
CWEs
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management