CVE-2021-37941 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-37941 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 08/12/2021 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: elastic | Vendor: Elastic | Product: APM Java Agent
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2021-37941 Description

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

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-269
CWE Name: CWE-269
Source: Elastic

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).