CVE-2021-37942
7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD
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.
Affected (1)
Products: Elastic: Apm Java Agent
Configuration A
| Vulnerable Software | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| From 1.18.0 to 1.27.0 |
References (4)
Source: security@elastic.co
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
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