CVE-2021-37941

A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious file to an application running with the APM Java agent. Using this vector, a malicious or compromised user account could use the agent to run commands at a higher level of permissions than they possess. This vulnerability affects users that have set up the agent via the attacher cli 3, the attach API 2, as well as users that have enabled the profiling_inferred_spans_enabled option

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-12-08 14:15

Updated : 2021-12-13 16:23

NVD link : CVE-2021-37941

Mitre link : CVE-2021-37941

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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Products Affected

elastic

apm_agent

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