CVE-2021-37941
HIGH
7,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
MEDIUM
4,4
Source: [email protected]
Access Vector: local
Access Complexity: medium
Authentication: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Description
AI Translation Available
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
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)
Trend Analysis
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)
Prevede la probabilità di sfruttamento basata su intelligence sulle minacce e sulle caratteristiche della vulnerabilità.
EPSS Score
0,0003
Percentile
0,1th
Updated
EPSS Score Trend (Last 90 Days)
269
Improper Privilege Management
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
Application
Apm Agent by Elastic
Version Range Affected
From
1.10.0
(inclusive)
To
1.26.0
(inclusive)
CPE Identifier
View Detailed Analysis
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627