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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

14 Dec 2021, 00:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.4
v3 : 7.8
References (MISC) https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627 - (MISC) https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627 - Vendor Advisory
CWE CWE-269

08 Dec 2021, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-12-08 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-37941

Mitre link : CVE-2021-37941

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-37941


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Products Affected

elastic

  • apm_agent
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management