CVE-2021-37942

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_java_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.0
References () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 - Vendor Advisory () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.elastic.co/community/security - Product () https://www.elastic.co/community/security - Product

30 Nov 2023, 19:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_java_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
References () https://www.elastic.co/community/security - () https://www.elastic.co/community/security - Product
References () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 - () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 - Vendor Advisory

22 Nov 2023, 03:36

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-11-22 02:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:16


NVD link : CVE-2021-37942

Mitre link : CVE-2021-37942

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-37942


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Products Affected

elastic

  • apm_java_agent
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

NVD-CWE-noinfo